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INTERPEACE RWANDA AND ITS LOCAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS (DIDE, HAGURUKA, AND PRISON FELLOWSHIP RWANDA) ORGANIZED A 5-DAY PLANNING RETREAT
In her opening remarks, the Executive Director of DiDe (Dignite en Detention), Odette Mukansoro appreciated everyone for their role in the last 2 years of implementation and expressed her...
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GALS training to DIDE staff
For a long time, Rwandan society was characterized by unequal social power relations between men and women, boys and girls. These relations were translated into male‘s dominance and women’s...
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REINTEGRATION OF CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OLD LIVING WITH THEIR MOTHERS IN PRISON INTO THE SOCIETY
One of the activities planned in the project is the training of psycho-social assistants who accompany children living with their mothers incarcerated in the women’s prisons of Ngoma and...
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GRADUATION CREMONY OF MVURA NKUVURE GROUPS
Inline with the D.K.U Yesterday 13th Dignity in detention hosted a graduation ceremony at GicumbiPrison where 165 prisoners who benefitted from Mvura Nkuvure were celebrated and 23 inmates were...
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Training of community facilitator’s multifamily healing spaces
During the implementation phase of the Interpeace/SIDA Programme, the following activities were undertaken over the month of October, 2022: Training of community facilitator’s multifamily healing...
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Penitentiary and Community involvement in the reintegration of women prisoners and children living with their mothers in the women’s prisons of Ngoma and Nyamagabe(WBI)
In this October under WBI program to integrate children under 3 years living with their mothers in prisons children have been linked with their families at Kayonza District(Ndego Sector/ Byimana...
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THE LAUNCHING AND HANDOVER OF THE WELDING WORKSHOP AT NYAGATARE JUVENILE DETENTION
The launching and handover of the welding workshop at Nyagatare juvenile prison.
28TH July at Nyagatare Prison was the event of inauguration of the workshop for youth being corrected at the...
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WORKSHOP ON HUMAN RIGHT MONITORING AND REPORTING
Human Right Monitoring and reporting workshop
In a 3 days a workshop organized by Cladho with the support from UNDP, the objective of the training was to learn techniques of Human Right...
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VALIDATION MEETING OF THE MEDIATION MODULE PREPARED BY HAGURUKA
On 6th July at Parkinn hotel Haguruka organized one day workshop meeting it is a validation of the mediation module that will be used in the community in order to prevent people going to court...
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VISIT OF JACQUES VARRASSE FROM WBI
We are happy to receive the visit of M Jacques Varrasse from WBI our partner for a very long time, this month he is in Rwanda to visit the activities WBI have been funding and is still funding...
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FINDINGS OF THE BASELINE SURVEY FOR RWANDA HEALING PROGRAMME
The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda was one of the largest man-made disasters of the 20th century and deeply damaged the social fabric of the Rwandan society, to be implemented in 5...
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The Annual planning workshop is to discuss...
The Annual planning workshop is to discuss all successful activities and other lesson learned and make necessary adjustment.
For DIDE during the introduction in prisons there is an issue of...
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OFFICE VISIT FROM HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION & OTHER PARTNERS
Today we are delighted to receive the delegation from the NCHR(National Commission for Human Rights) and their partners including RCSP(Rwanda Civil Society Platform), CLADHO(Collectif des Ligues...
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PRESENTATION BASELINE SURVEY ON THE HALFWAY HOME PROJECT
Today at Marriot Hotel Kigali DIDE RWANDA with its partners Sterling Foundation and RCS presented the findings in the Baseline survey of the Halfway home project, the project that will support...
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RWANDA HEALING PROGRAM INTRODUCTION IN THE PRISONS
Today DIDE Rwanda introduced the new project to the heads of selected prisons entitled "Reinforcing Community Capacity for social cohesion and reconciliation through societal trauma healing in...
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VISIT TO NYAGATARE JUVENILE PRISON TO PRESENT D.K.U. THE NEW PROJECT
The Executive Director of DIDE RWANDA alongside with LAF legal Aid Attorney introduced the DKU project into the Prisons, Gicumbi prison and Nyagatare Prison respectively.
Here Inmates will...
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PRESENTATION OF D.K.U(DUFATANYA KUBAKA UBUTABERA) TO THE RCS HIGH COMMAND
The Executive Director of Dignity in Detention(DIDE RWANDA)
together with the Executive Director of LAF(Legal Aid Forum)Rwanda
and governance specialist of USAID Rwanda
paid a visit to...
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RWANDA HEALING PROGRAM BASELINE STUDY
This program which will bring together society in a healing sessions of the GENOCIDE survivors and their neighbors with perpetrators, Program Managers and Monitoring & Evaluation Officer...
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INTRODUCTION OF RWANDA HEALING PROGRAM TO THE NEW MAYORS OF DISTRICTS
DIDE RWANDA with its partners Interpeace, PFR (Prison Fellowship Rwanda) and HAGURUKA introduced the project called "Reinforcing community capacity for social cohesion and reconciliation through...
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VISIT OF DIDE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE US AMBASSADOR
The executive director of DIDE RWANDA paid a visit to the US Ambassador in Rwanda to discuss projects funded by USAID.
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Joint Planning & Partnership-building workshop with our partners
Interpeace and its partners, Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR), HAGURUKA and Dignity in Detention Organisation (DIDE) have recently secured funding from SIDA to expand the current interventions...
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RESEARCH ON HALFWAY HOME TRANSIT CENTRE
To make the half way home center a better transit for prisoners with less than 3 years left on their sentence, ground research has been conducted to find what would be the main focus
ABOUT US...
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HALFWAY HOME NEED ASSESSMENT
This week DiDE staffs and RCS staff had a briefing on correcting qualitative data that will be used to determine what services and programs to be conducted in the halfway home center.
Important...
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CONSULTATIVE FORUM
Protecting Human Rights Within Rwanda’s Criminal Justice System
DIDE RWANDA a NGO with extensive experience in working within Rwanda’s prison to provide rehabilitative psycho-social support to...
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JUSTICE, HEALING, RECONCILIATION
For 18 month DIDE Organization has conducted a program JUSTICE, HEALING,
RECONCILIATION.
In partnership with RBJ (Rwanda Bridge to Justice)
to unite Rwandans in prison for the crime of genocide...
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RIGHT AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
Dignité en Détention (DIDE RWANDA) in partnership with RBJ(Rwanda bridge to justice) has conducted the
awareness campaign on the legal right "URI UMWERE IGIHE CYOSE UTARAHAMWA ICYAHA" which miss...
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RECONCILIATION THROUGH FORGIVNESS
Since March 2019, Dignité en Détention (DIDE RWANDA) is implementing initially a 15 months modified to 18
months project called Rehabilitative Justice for reconciliation in Rwanda under the...
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DiDe Flash Info - April 2019
Current projects
The DiDé Foundation remains involved in Rwanda in the framework of three projects: the project for women detained at Ngoma Prison and their children, the one in partnership with...
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DiDe Flash Info - March 2019
Ngoma Women’s Prison
As part of the project funded by Wallonia-Brussels International aimed at the psychosocial rehabilitation of women prisoners and children of Ngoma Prison, DiDé psychologists...
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DiDe Flash Info - February 2019
DiDé’s activities in Rwanda, presented in our latest edition of the "Flash Info" have continued but unfortunately have suffered a slowdown compared to their usual pace. This is due to the fact that...
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DiDe Flash Info - January 2019
This year will be characterized in particular by the actions carried out within the framework of two projects in Rwanda. In Ngoma prison, we will consolidate the psychosocial support system for...
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DiDe Flash Info - December 2018
Ngoma Women’s Prison
The activities planned within the framework of the psychosocial reintegration and vocational training project for women detained in Ngoma prison continued according to the...
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DiDé Flash Info - November 2018
The DiDé organization in 2018
2018 represents a year of changes for the Foundation and for the activities developed in Rwanda. This year was marked mainly by the end of the project carried out...
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