Updates, stories, and highlights from our programs and partners.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda proudly participated in the World Environment Day celebration organized by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority, reaffirming its commitment to youth-led climate and environmental action.
At EP Mulinja, young students worked with Roots & Shoots Rwanda to build a kitchen garden that will support learning, teamwork, and environmental care.
The INES-Ruhengeri Environmental Club, in collaboration with Roots & Shoots Rwanda, showed that environmental action begins with us.
Roots & Shoots Rwanda engaged students in planting and sustainability discussions, helping them connect practical environmental action with long-term leadership.
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.
