#DOTYouth is a global movement of daring social innovators. Read about how some of DOT Rwanda’s digital champions, community leaders, and social innovators are creating opportunities and transforming their communities.
The call to empower teen mothers
Marie Clarisse was driving to get fuel from a nearby gas/petrol station when she met a young girl, around 16 years of age roaming the petrol station, begging those passing by to help her with a coin quoting “ I am ...
Empowering Rwandan women and youth to become visual storytellers
#DOTYouth Street Team member Phabiola Mukundente was in secondary school when she recognized both a passion and a problem. Her passion was for photography—she loved snapping photos of her friends. The problem? A ...
Defying COVID-19 odds and leveraging technology to help students secure internship opportunities
A 2015 graduate of the University of Rwanda, College of Science and Technology, formerly known as Kigali Institute of Science and Technology( KIST ), Jean Claude Manirafasha started his enterprise, Bright Future ...
Combating teenage pregnancy through education and skills training
In the time of COVID-19, we all know the importance of soap and hand-washing to prevent the spread of the virus. But for Benithe Isingizwe, a #DOTYouth Street Team member and social innovator from Rwanda, soap is ...
Supporting young women, single mothers and pregnant women in the wake COVID-19
Social innovators are resilient and creative in the face of challenge and change. Those qualities can certainly be used to describe Rachel Uwizerwa, a #DOTYouth from Rwanda who became a first-time community leader ...
Designing an online platform to ease healthcare delivery in Rwanda
Rwanda is continuing to go digital, and Jeanne Bovine Ishemaryayo plans to be there every step of the way. According to the government’s Vision 2020 plan, Rwanda will be a cashless economy by 2024. That is good news ...
Amina's digital solution for lessening teen pregnancy
Adolescent pregnancy is not only a health issue but also a human rights and development issue. Pregnancy undermines a girl’s ability to exercise her rights to education, health and autonomy. To help resolve this, ...
Eliminating electric shocks and short circuiting
How Israel is creating a safe, efficient solution for electronic charging
After conducting research on using electricity in Rwanda, Israel Nishimwe found out that most community members face issues of short ...
Lighting up rural Rwanda with 3D printed solar products
Before Ariane Umuringa was a social innovator, she was a student in a district in Rubavu, Western Rwanda.
Studying mathematics and physics in high school, Ariane found herself challenged — not as much by the ...
Baking up community change
Olive Tuyizeye started her journey as an entrepreneur with a small shop, but had never been able to generate enough income to sustain her family. It was a difficult way to make a living in rural western Rwanda, and ...
Economic change through agricultural innovation
When Laetitia Umubyeyi first got involved with DOT Rwanda in 2016, she didn’t think of herself as a social entrepreneur. She didn’t even have a business idea. She had a background...
Tackling youth unemployment through vocational training
While many Rwandans value a university education above all else, 26-year-old Francois Nkurunziza knew many unemployed young people in Gatore Sector,...
