The construction works of the centre that will receive 500 women was launched yesterday and are expected to be completed by December 2018.
Worth Rwf2.9 billion, the centre will also train women on vocational skills.
“This centre will have been completed by December. The current one has old premises and receives one gender. We also need to rehabilitate girls and women. We will also train them in vocational skills so that they will be able to create businesses to support their well-being,” said Aimé Bosenibamwe, the Director General for National Rehabilitation Service.
Speaking at the event, the State Minister for Socials Affairs in the Ministry of Local Governance, Dr. Alvera Mukabaramba said that the number of street women is smaller than that of male and added that they were committed to ensure no one will remain on the street.
“In other categories, the number of female has been higher than that of male, but for street cases, it is so smaller, but we whatever number is there, we need to curb, rehabilitate and trained them so that they develop themselves and the country,” she said.
A study by National Rehabilitation Service shows that there is a total of 2000 street children and the target is to get them off the streets in two years.
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