On March 25, 2025, United Nations Rwanda celebrated International Women’s Day. The entire UN team in Rwanda and their partners gathered around the theme “For all women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment” – reflecting on the 30 years since the Beijing Declaration and renewing the commitment to accelerate gender equality. Continuer
“A Partnership Synergy for Sustainable Solutions to Enhance the Well-Being of Refugees and Their Host Country.” February 2025 was very rich in events for the “Forum pour la Mémoire Vigilante (FMV)”, one of the refugee-led organizations (RLOs). Two major activities were organized and caught the attention of the national and Continuer
The meeting took place this Friday, December 6, 2024 at the Gikondo Community Centre in Kigali. During her visit to Rwanda, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Kelly T. Clements, did not forget to meet with organizations founded and run by refugees. Among them was the « Forum pour Continuer
East Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes region are home to 5.46 million refugees and asylum seekers, as well as 19.6 million internally displaced persons. Traditionally viewed through a humanitarian lens, these communities are now recognized as dynamic economic actors with largely untapped potential. They contribute through Continuer
As the world celebrates Mental Health Day on October 10 each year, FMV (le Forum pour la Mémoire Vigilante), which is interested on mental health issues, chose to talk to a specialist in the field. Dr Denis KAZUNGU suggests “thinking about well thought-out and elaborate prevention programs that take into Continuer
The United Nations Agency in Rwanda (UNHCR Rwanda) organized a training workshop for legal representatives of refugee organizations from September 24 to 26. FMV actively participated as one of the “RLOs” (Refugee-led Organization), i.e. “an organization or group in which refugees, displaced people, returnees, in short people with direct Continuer
Every year on June 20, the world celebrates Refugee Day. According to the UNHCR, this is an opportunity to think about refugees and to defend, protect and promote their rights. According to the UNHCR press release, World Refugee Day is an international day established by the United Nations to pay Continuer
The “Forum pour la Mémoire Vigilante, FMV”, joined the rest of the world in celebrating the Day of the African Child last Sunday, June 16, 2024. Based on this year’s theme “Education for all children in Africa: the time is now”, FMV took the opportunity to salute its initiative with Continuer
The coalition is made up of Forum pour la Mémoire Vigilante, LUNA Africa and ITEKA YOUTH Organisation. They all operate in Rwanda. In a memorandum of understanding signed by their representatives, the three organizations pledge, in keeping with their own objectives, to pursue and deepen their cooperation with a view Continuer
The legal representative of the Forum pour la Mémoire Vigilante, FMV, Mr. Ferdinand Ndayiragije, is delighted with the completion of the project: “Truth Telling, Community Dialogue and Human Rights Educational Program” within the Burundian refugee community in Rwanda. The train, which stops in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, started in Continuer
