Family Support

Shelter Them provides family support through a variety of programs offered by our staff in Rwanda.

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Emergency Support
Many families in Gateko are vulnerable, and Shelter Them sometimes needs to intervene with temporary emergency support. The emergency support includes food, healthcare and shelter to special cases such as families with mental health, victims of natural…
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Psychosocial Counselling
Psychosocial counselling is a service organized by our Community Support Manager. Shelter Them recognizes the lasting impact of the genocide against Tutsis, which reveals itself in two ways.
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Medical Insurance
Families who are experiencing poverty are one short step away from tragedy in the event of illness, trauma, or serious injury. Shelter Them provides free medical insurance to our vulnerable families to guard against such situations.
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Shelter Support
For the children in our care to thrive, their families must have access to adequate housing. Families struggling with extreme poverty need homes where children can feel safe and secure.
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Youth Programs
A farming cooperative which helps the community and provides an independent and sustainable future.
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Bible Study
Shelter Them has created its own pre-school in Kigali, and has plans to create another in Gateko.
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Christmas Party
Providing caregivers and other women in the community the skills and opportunity for an independent future.