• We safeguard the environment

    With Rwanda Action and other actors, RDIS raises and distributes trees to restore forests, protect soils and conserve biodiversity.

  • We increase production

    With UEM and Anglican dioceses, RDIS trains farmers in solar irrigation, greenhouses and climate-smart farming.

  • We empower communities

    RDIS builds livelihoods through skills training, savings groups and income-generating activities for local families.

  • We do Landscape Restoration

    With TerraFund AFR100 and WRI, RDIS restores degraded land through tree planting and community-led training.

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Building leaders, building churches, building the kingdom. This is a strapline of BUILD Partners which has been partnering with RDIS in the training of church leaders together since 2011, with a focus on equipping evangelists and local church teachers. This journey continues with a training of more in the five dioceses owning RDIS (Butare, Cyangugu, Kigeme, Nyaruguru and Shyogwe) and the Missionary Diocese of Karongi. This started by a Training of Master Trainers held at Ubumwe Center Hotel in Kigeme Diocese from the 27th to the 31st May 2024 which was attended by two people appointed by Bishops to be trained to coordinate the Programme into their respective Dioceses, one being a Head of Evangelism in the Diocese.

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We are looking for a full-time CASHIER (Female) in our Rusizi Zone Office which is located in Ntwali Village, Kacyangugu Cell, Kamembe Sector, Rusizi District, in Western Province of Rwanda.
Interested candidates should submit their applications via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 01st May 2024.
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Cookstove production visit 04 Apr 2024

RDIS Carbon projects are merely intended to reduction of greenhouse gases through the reduction of wood consumption via the distribution and installation of improved cook stoves in replacement to traditional three stones fire. Other benefits like reduction of eyes irritation, respiratory complication have been reported by the end users of the improved cook stoves of RDIS as health benefits associated with the projects.
On 4th April 2024, as part of monitoring and the stove quality control trip, the Executive Director of the Rural Development Inter-diocesan Service (RDIS) Pastor NTARINDWA Viateur, together with Mr BISAMA RUTURWA Désiré who is the Director of Capacity Building and Development within RDIS organization at the same time the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of carbon projects visited the manufacturer and supplier of the improved cook stoves; Mrs KOMEZUSENGE Rose and her husband Mr RWAMIRERA Asumani in Musekera Village, Munanira Cell, Kabagari Sector in Ruhango district.

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In an impactful gathering held at the Peace Guest House in Kamembe, Rusizi District on the 08th February 2024, stakeholders were convened for the RDIS Stakeholder Consultation Meeting on the "Revitalization of Lake Kivu Basin" project. The initiative, generously funded by TerraFund for AFR100, is set to transform the ecological and socioeconomic landscape of Nyamasheke and Rusizi districts through comprehensive landscape restoration efforts. The meeting unfolded with an inspiring opening devotion, followed by discussions that laid out the project's ambitious objectives and framework. Rev. Ntarindwa Viateur, the Executive Director of RDIS, underscored the project's ethos of collective environmental stewardship, rooted in a deep-seated reverence for nature.
The project's ambitious goal to plant 377,000 trees across 860 hectares aims not only to bolster the region's climate resilience but also to create over 159 jobs, with a particular focus on empowering women and youth.

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Vision Statement

A Holy Soul in a Healthy Body.

Mission Statement

To safeguard environment, increase the production aiming at sustainable and holistic development.

Objectives Statement

To promote sustainable development by mobilizing the community members to lift themselves out of poverty.

RDIS Head Office – Muhanga, Rwanda