Creating Off Farm Rwandan Enterprises (CORE) : FVA is partnering with World Vision in the implementation of the CORE project in 15 sectors of Nyamasheke district namely ; The project goal is to increase household off-farm income for women and youth in Nyamasheke district by 2018. This is being contributed to through strengthening the environment for the creation and successful management of women and youth cooperatives.
The project increases off-farm entrepreneurship and market-oriented businesses among women and youth, increases access to and utilization of financial services for women and youth entrepreneurs and for women and youth-run cooperatives and improves access to and utilization of information technology for youth and women to support off-farm businesses.
Project goal : To increase household off-farm income for women and youth in Nyamasheke and Rusizi Districts :
Project duration : 3 years (September 2018-September 2021
Project beneficiaries : Women and youth in category 1&2 of Rwandan social classification.
Classification of the project : the project is divided into two outcomes each outcome has four outputs.
Outcome I : Increased off-farm entrepreneurship and market-oriented businesses among women and youth
Outcome 2 : Improved business competitiveness for Tailoring and Honey value chains