One strategy of community conservation is co-management or joint management of a protected area. Co-management combines local peoples’ traditional knowledge of the environment with modern scientific knowledge of scientists. This combination of knowledge can lead to increased biodiversity conservation strategies for a sustainable management of the protected area. Ignorance has been one of the driving factors of illegal activities. This programme aims at providing opportunity of sharing knowledge, experience and to develop/ upgrade skills through sensitive programme such as adult literacy, financial literacy, language literacy, advocacy and raising awareness for Gender Equality and Human Rights, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene projects, training in tours-guiding and hospitality, public health, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights etc.
The programme
The key point of this programme is to build a just world by providing beneficiaries with necessary knowledge and skills for them to be part of the society.
Through this programme, applicants can either share their knowledge through the provision of needful training or conducting researches and surveys of their choice in a bid to help the organisation acquire improved tool for effective intervention or simply help applicants placements fo opportunities for capstone/practicum. Further to this, applicants may also participate in the following programmes:
- Teaching in kindergartens, nurseries, primary, junior and senior
schools, universities, vocational schools,
- Teaching adult literacy
- Teaching music, languages and other subjects at your convenience
- Raising awareness on burning issues (the relevance has to be approved by
Partners For Conservation)
- Communication skills
- Information and technology
- Vocational skills (fashion design, sewing etc
Applicants for this programme will be working with local beneficiaries and Partners For Conservation field staff including (Project Manager, and Technicians) and other stakeholders including conservation and development agencies as well as the local authorities. In order to provide applicants with many learning opportunities to better contribute to community conservation efforts in Rwanda, applicants may be authorized to join the team that represents Partners For Conservation in functions, meetings and other conservation gathering.
Interested applicants must be pro-active and ready for intense fieldwork. There’s no-specific equipment required for this programme.
The location
The volunteer will be based in Musanze. Musanze is a district in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Its capital city is Ruhengeri which; is also sometimes known as Musanze. Musanze is Rwanda's most mountainous district, containing the largest part of the Volcanoes National Park and its head office at Kinigi. Five of the eight volcanoes of the Virunga chain (Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabyinyo, Gahinga and Muhabura) are within the district boundaries. It is also in this district that most of Rwanda's mountain gorillas are found, making it the most popular tourist destination in the country. Musanze's capital, Ruhengeri, is one of the largest cities in Rwanda and serves as a hub for tourists.
It is easy for a volunteer to access the rest corners of the country from Musanze for example Musanze is at 1h drive from Gisenyi and the Democratic Republic of Congo border. Gisenyi is known for its super weekends for water sports lovers. Musanze is also at 2h30 drive from Kigali and at 25 minutes to the Cyanika, the Uganda border.
