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|CAURWA Rapport 1999|
|CAURWA et Partenaires:Discussion de 1988|
Working together for the Batwa of Rwanda Accomplishments Needs Appreciation Questions générales des droits de l'homme affectant les Batwa en Afrique Centrale
The seat of CAURWA is in Nayrugenge (Kigali), but its activities reach all parts of the country. The Highest organ in the organisation is the General Assembly, whcih consists of two representatives from each member organisation. The general assembly defines the orientation, policy and principal objectives of CAURWA, as well as the follow up on its activites. Under the General Assembly is an Adminstrative Council that consists of 14 members. Among them 5 delegates compose an executuve Committee, which is reponsible for the continuing management of activities. A president, a vice-president, an executive Secretary and an accountant compose the Committee. The president of the Committee is the legal representative of the organisation. The members of the Adminstrative Council and the Executive Committee are elected by the General Assembly.

Despite the lack of social, material and financial resources in Rwanda, the members of CAURWA are committed to working in an atmosphere of transparency. Their principal motivation is the desire to overcome theses challenges.

La Communaute des Autochtones du Rwanda
P.O. Box. 3809 Kigali
Tel 00 250 77 640
Rwanda

The work of CAURWA is complex. Its purpose is to:

  • improve the organisation capacity in the Batwa communities in order to enable them to have an impact on political decision on a local, national and international leval.
  • Sensitise them to take this work upon themselves;
  • make the Batwa communities realise the importance of their participation in public decision-making;
  • Make the new socio-economic opportunities more aceessible to the Twa communities through facilitating training of skills, research and dissemination of the necessary information as well as facilitating access to credit and new appropraites techniques.

During the four years that CAURWA had existed, it has devoted most of its time to organisational matters in orfer to make its structuring as effective as possible. However, CAURWA has managed to accomplish following activitesLes:
  • Eduaction on farming for Twa orphans, widows, detainees and students, as well as all those who live in the field (financed by WRM= World Rainforst Movement)
  • A socio-demographic survey on the Batwas after the war (financed by HCDH= High Commissionner for Human Rights in Rwanda)
  • A socio-economic survey on the situation of the Twa Women (financed by HCHR-Rwanda)
  • Research on gathering of evidence of innocence for the Batwa who are unjustly on charges of genocide (financed by HCHR-Rwanda)
  • Distribution of 22 sheeps to 20 families in Kanzenze and kacyiru (financed by WRM)
    Preparations for other projects proposals have been completed and CAURWA is now waiting for funding in order to undertake them. These projects are:
    • Fabrication of bricks
    • Rehabilitation of houses in Kazenze (kigali)
    • Modern pottery production
    • Mixed stock raising
In order to undertake these projects, CAURWA needs: Moral support
  • Material support
  • Finaqncial support for projects;
  • Means of transports;
  • Training for organisations members.
    		• La CURWA appreciates the support that has already been given by FPP-WRM and UNHRFOR. It appeals to toehr funding agencies, individuals and States, and ivites them to follow the examle of the donors mentioned above.