Community Health & Development
Empowering historically marginalized communities through primary health education, nutritional support, mental healthcare, and micro-economic empowerment.
Holistic Health & Social Upliftment
HDI leads community-level awareness campaigns on both communicable and non-communicable diseases — such as Malaria, viral Hepatitis, and cardiovascular wellness — pairing grassroots outreach with educational videos and youth workshops across Rwanda.
Since 2008, HDI has worked alongside historically marginalized populations through the Community of Potters Health and Development (COPHAD) initiative. Active in Cyarusinge, Bwiza, and Masaka, COPHAD deploys an integrated model: supporting health insurance (Mutuelle de Santé) premiums, providing school fees and scholastic materials, offering vocational training, and disbursing micro-grants for community members to start sustainable small enterprises.
In mental healthcare, HDI delivers one-on-one and group counseling for persons living with HIV/AIDS, survivors of gender-based violence, and gender minorities facing trauma or isolation. Through our Centers for Health and Rights in Kicukiro, Nyakabanda, and Rubavu, beneficiaries access free screening, STI treatment, and psychosocial rehabilitation.
Strategic Community Program Pillars
Nutritional Support & Stunting Prevention
Supplementary feeding programs and kitchen gardens for mothers and under-5 children.
Universal Health Insurance Access
Annual Mutuelle de Santé enrollment for vulnerable households and historically marginalized families.
Vocational Skills & Micro-Financing
Tailoring, craftsmanship, and micro-loan seed capital for women-led cooperatives.
Mental Health & Psychosocial Circles
Community-based trauma healing, grief counseling, and stigma mitigation peer groups.