.::Welcome to AJPRODHO Website ::.

WELCOME TO THE AJPRODHO WEBSITE

We are a youth Association engaged in Human Rights Promotion and Development. AJPRODHO-JIJUKIRWA(Association de la Jeunesse pour la Promotion des Droits de l'Homme et le Developpement). Our dream is to have a peaceful nation, where the culture of respect for human rights is adopted by all Rwandans; the elites and Illiterates, the poor and rich, the young and old, the politicians and civil servants.

Rwanda's youth, under the manipulation of politicians, played an active role in the 1994 Genocide of the Tutsi. In the aftermath of this devastating genocide, AJPRODHO-JIJUKIRWA founders, who were university students at the time, wanted to create a system that would protect the youth against such manipulation.

AJPRODHO's mission is to empower youth to respect Human Rights and advocate for socio-economic betterment.

Our activities include: human rights promotion and protection, research and advocacy, contributing to the organization of civil society, capacity building, and economic empowerment.

Godfrey GAKWANDI

President of Administration Council

AJPRODHO-JIJUKIRWA.

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We have three key programmes:

1. (Human Rights and Access to Justice)
Promoting and Protecting youth Human Rights and engaging in policy influence, human rights monitoring and intervention, and legal aid activities.

2. (Democracy and Governance)
Increasing youth participation in leadership and good governance promoting activities.

3. (Youth Economic Empowerment)
Increasing opportunities for youth to gain skills and experience in income-generating activities with a focus on environmental sustainability, and also on opportunities to gain access financial capital,

AJPRODHO-JIJUKIRWA was founded in 1996 by Students at the National University of Rwanda as a Students Association for Human Rights Promotion.

On 30th September 1997,the Association was transformed into a Youth Association for Human Rights Promotion and Development in order to accommodate both schooling and out of school youth as well as adopting an integrated approach for promoting human rights and development.

The Headquarters of the Association are in Kigali City Gasabo district, Kacyiru Sector. It has branch offices in the Eastern, Western and Southern Province.