Updates, stories, and highlights from our programs and partners.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda and Tanzania celebrated 35 years of the movement through a volunteer exchange focused on animal welfare education, with visits to schools in Dodoma and collaborative activities.
We successfully completed a powerful training for 20 Roots & Shoots volunteers and 20 club facilitators supporting Evergreen Phase II — our nature-based mental health program. The program has now expanded from 3 to 10 schools, reaching over 500 R&S members.
In Nyamata, at the home of Dr. Jane Goodall's son Hugo, we gathered with young changemakers and partners to celebrate her incredible life — planting a tree in her memory and filling a book of remembrance with heartfelt messages.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda volunteers Fionah & Genereuse, together with RAWO, led a Vultures Day Awareness Campaign at Gataraga Market in Musanze, celebrating the ecological importance of vultures.
136 Roots & Shoots Rwanda club members from three schools took part in an unforgettable two-day educational visit to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund – Ellen DeGeneres Campus, exploring mountain gorilla conservation and mental wellness.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda honored outstanding Environment Club leaders at INES Ruhengeri and G.S. Nyabirasi with certificates of recognition — celebrating their commitment, leadership, and positive impact in their communities.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda inspired youth at UNILAK and Sparrow Parents School during World Environment Day 2025, emphasizing that human survival depends on interconnected relationships with one another, with animals, and with nature.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda, in collaboration with Climate Connection Africa, visited the Environment Club at G.S Kinyinya for an engaging climate change workshop, empowering students to take action.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda hosted exciting activities at Africa Leadership University in honor of International Children's Book Day and Earth Day, with storytelling sessions and environmental awareness campaigns.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda, in partnership with the INES Environmental Club, the Nyabihu Ecosystem Conservation Agency, and UR-CAFF environmental clubs, removed harmful plastic pollution from the shores of Karago Lake — demonstrating the power of collaborative, youth-led conservation action.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda inspired future eco-tourism and green space leaders at the University of Rwanda CAFF Mentorship Big Day — with Dr. Clémence Idukunda receiving a Certificate of Appreciation for the organization's meaningful contribution to student mentoring.
In celebration of International Women's Day, Roots & Shoots Rwanda established kitchen gardens for vulnerable single women in Rwambogo Cell — planting fruit trees and vegetables to promote food security and empower women toward better health and livelihoods.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda celebrated International Wetlands Day on February 2nd with an educational visit to Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Tourism Park and a community cleanup at Mugogo wetland in Musanze — bringing together youth and local leaders under the theme 'Empowering for Rehabilitation for a Sustainable Future.'
Roots & Shoots Rwanda celebrated the impact of the Templeton Roots & Shoots Youth Prizes, recognizing 30 incredible young leaders from 26 countries making a difference for people, animals, and the environment.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda and ISARO Econext launched the Eco Forest App to remotely monitor tree growth, with a community planting event in Runda Sector, Kamonyi, where 400 trees were planted.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda conducted an environmental awareness session on waste management at United Primary & Nursery School in Musanze District, educating students about responsible waste practices and environmental protection.
Peace activists from Noble Women's Initiative met with Roots & Shoots Rwanda for a powerful exchange on the connection between peacebuilding and environmental conservation ahead of COP28.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda organized a biodiversity awareness activity at Rossignol School in Bishenyi to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity, helping students understand the importance of protecting nature and preserving biodiversity.
