How to Start a School Eco-Club: A Step-by-Step Guide for Rwandan Educators

By Here For Hope Foundation & Earth Focus Network “When students are given the right tools and knowledge, they become powerful agents of change.” — Dr. Sam Kanyamibwa, Founder and CEO of ARCOS Network In Rwanda, a quiet revolution is taking place in schoolyards across the country. Students are not just learning about environmental challenges—they…

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Planting Seeds of Change: How Early Childhood Climate Education is Shaping Rwanda’s Green Future

By Feston Bigirimana, Founder, Here For Hope Foundation “Before this program, I didn’t know that trees help bring rain. Now, I water my tree every day because I want it to grow tall and protect our school.” — Mugisha, Primary 3 Student In the Eastern Province of Rwanda, where climate change is not a distant…

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Students and staff planting trees at UR-Rukara Campus during the Igiti Cyange Umurage Wange campaign

My Tree, My Legacy: Why Climate Action Must Start with Youth in Rwanda’s Most Vulnerable Region

By Feston Bigirimana, Founder, Here For Hope Foundation “Igiti Cyange, Umurage Wange.” In Kinyarwanda, these words carry the weight of a generation’s responsibility. When we launched the “My Tree, My Legacy” campaign at the University of Rwanda’s Rukara Campus, we were not simply planting 6,800 trees. We were responding to a climate crisis that is reshaping…

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