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Nkwihoreze
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Intergenerational Creative Arts and Healing in Rwanda

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‘Nkwihoreze’ means taking care and strengthening one another in Kinyarwanda. Nkwihoreze is a creative arts and healing programme for children (aged 6-17), their families and psychosocial workers in Rwanda.

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About Us

About Us

The Nkwihoreze way

The Nkwihoreze team developed new tools, materials, and methods to foster meaningful conversations across generations, address sensitive issues, and promote well-being for children, families and communities. Follow our story as we develop and share free tools and resources relating to intergenerational transmission of trauma and resilience.

Our partnerships

Nkwihoreze is not just a project, it is a team, a family united by a beleive that our tools and approach can support children and families facing difficult circumstances.

 

We are continuing to develop the programme and seek further opportunities to explore the potential of the Nkwihoreze way across the world..

Our Aims

Intergenerational Dialogue

The project encourages conversations between different age groups within families.

Discussing Sensitive Topics

These discussions focus on emotional subjects like loss, absence, conflict, mental distress, and memory.

Well-Being

The goal is to enhance the overall well-being of both children and families.

Increasing Professional Capacity

It also helps professionals who work with children and families by equipping them with creative and arts-based approaches.

Free Resources

Here is a selection of our freely available resources. Click on image to download a document. Click here for more free resources. 

A short comic explaining the origins of Nkwihoreze project (A3 size pdf)

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Explore three of our arts-based tools and a curated selection of artwork in this beautifully designed resource, created through team collaboration to support families and practitioners. Other versions available here.

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A link to download a simple infographic explaining what is Nkwihoreze all about (A5 size colour pdf)

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Project Partners

UKRI logo in orange, Arts and Humanities Research Council

Arts and Humanities Research Council 

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University College London 

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AERG

Uyisenga Ni Imanzi

The Nkwihoreze project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation

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