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Dear friends of the DiDé Foundation, here is your 6th DiDé Flash Info. Once again we thank you for your support without which the Foundation would not be able to continue its mission in the same way alongside the most vulnerable prisoners.
This month we will give you an update on current projects with particular attention to training. To this will be added information on the “Week of Justice†organized by the Ministry of Justice and a testimony.
Current projects
The DiDé (…)

TRAIN SUPERVISORY STAFF:
theoretical training, support and supervision, development of tools.
BUILD AWARENESS OF THE PRISON ADMINISTRATION:
days of discussions, training, planning and joint evaluation of objectives.
SENSITIZE FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITY:
presence during visits, radio program.
EXCHANGE GOOD PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCE:
active participation in events, seminars, round tables, etc. , organization in Geneva and / or in the field of an annual event
Thinking about (…)

REBUILDING THE BOND WITH THE FAMILY AND WITH THE OUTSIDE:
support for family visits, exchange of messages and telephone contacts, facilitation of meetings with external actors.
ESTABLISH INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS:
creation of reintegration units within establishments, development of links between actors (intra-extra muros).
ACCOMPANY THE OUTING:
support for returning to the family, starting a professional activity, pursuing studies.
The penalty: exclusively punitive or utilitarian? (…)

The DiDé Foundation thanks you for your support. Your support is essential to continue, consolidate and develop projects for the most vulnerable detained populations.
Silent for several months and in order to keep you informed of the activities and achievements of the Foundation during this year 2018, we send you this first publication of the "DiDé Flash Info".
The DiDé organization in 2018
2018 represents a year of changes for the Foundation and for the activities developed in (…)

TRAININGS OF GRADUATES FROM SOCIOTHERAPY HEALING GROUPS ON COLLABORATIVE LIVELIHOOD SKILLS /MAY-2024
The interconnection of mental health, livelihoods, and peace consolidation systems and how it entrenches patterns of trauma, weak social cohesion, and poverty outcomes was highly pointed by different empirical research, and the ineffectiveness of isolated intervention highlighted.
Trainings in Nyamagabe District
In that context a financial and livelihood, skills training of (…)

Organization DiDe is a Rwandan Non-Government Organization working in peace building, including Institutional capacity of correctional services and societal healing.
It is registered under No 597/RGB/NGO/LP/03/2020 as “ORGANISATION DIGNITE EN DETENTION/ RWANDA (DIDE)†.
DiDe was created in 1992 in Geneva, Switzerland. Its activities in Rwanda started in 1998 in Gitarama prison and later in Nyagatare, starting with infrastructure rehabilitation.
The vision of DiDe was to promote a (…)

It is with enthusiasm that the DiDé Foundation starts this new year. Aware of the necessity and the added value of our actions, our commitment during this year 2019 to improve the living conditions of people in detention will remain intact. However, this commitment would not be possible without the support that you are constantly showing us. For this, the DiDé Foundation would like to warmly thank you.
This year will be characterized in particular by the actions carried out within the (…)

ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW:
literacy courses, formal and non-formal education, vocational training.
DEVELOP A SOCIAL SKILLS:
psychosocial activities (forum theater, discussion groups, sports, body expression, visual arts), monitoring of the most vulnerable cases.
Making pain a learning period
In a closed environment like that of a prison or a closed establishment, feelings and relationships are exacerbated. Promiscuity quickly generates violence that is directed towards others (…)

The project pays particular attention to pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as those who do not neither read nor write.
Literacy and training activities are developed as well as various workshops, such as
sewing, embroidery, basketwork, hair braiding, manicures and pedicures, etc.
For children who have reached the age of 3, who according to Rwandan law must leave their mother still deprived of her liberty and therefore imprisoned, the search for a foster family and preparation for (…)

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 Organization Dignity in Detention Rwanda (DIDE RWANDA) is an organization registered as a local non-profit organisation in Rwanda as DIDE RWANDA. Our mission is to improve the conditions of children and female detainees through their education and reintegration in their respective (…)

The executive director of DIDE RWANDA paid a visit to the US Ambassador in Rwanda to discuss projects funded by USAID.