{"id":2000116987,"date":"2026-06-25T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000116987"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:02:51","slug":"president-kagame-holds-talks-with-wood-foundation-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-holds-talks-with-wood-foundation-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame holds talks with Wood Foundation leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the Office of the President, discussions focused on The Wood Foundation’s longstanding partnership with Rwanda, including its investments in the tea sector, as well as the work of Kids Operating Room, the global health charity co-founded by Garreth and Nicola Wood to expand access to safe pediatric surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wood Foundation is a venture philanthropy organization established in 2007 by Scottish businessman Sir Ian Wood and his family. Through its Africa-focused initiatives, the Foundation works to support sustainable economic development by combining financial investment with business expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Rwanda, the Foundation has played a significant role in the development of the tea industry through its Imbarutso programme, which partners with more than 17,000 smallholder tea farmers. The initiative seeks to improve tea quality and productivity, enhance factory efficiency, and promote farmer ownership in tea processing factories, helping growers build more sustainable and profitable agricultural enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation’s work extends across several East African countries, where it supports smallholder farmers and agricultural value chains as part of broader efforts to strengthen rural livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Kagame’s meeting with the Foundation’s leadership also highlighted the work of Kids Operating Room, an international health charity dedicated to improving access to safe pediatric surgical care in low-resource settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wood Foundation has maintained a longstanding presence in Rwanda, supporting initiatives aimed at advancing agricultural productivity and creating opportunities for inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Paul Kagame held talks with Garreth Wood, Chairman of The Wood Foundation, at Urugwiro Village on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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According to the Office of the President, discussions focused on The Wood Foundation’s longstanding partnership with Rwanda, including its investments in the tea sector, as well as the work of Kids Operating Room, the global health charity co-founded by Garreth and Nicola Wood to expand access to safe pediatric surgery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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President Paul Kagame on Wednesday held talks with Garreth Wood, Chairman of The Wood Foundation, and David Knoop, CEO of The Wood Foundation Africa, at Urugwiro Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000116988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000116987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000116988,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLl4Qs7XoAAlbz4.jpeg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":2048,"height":1792,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLl4Qs7XoAAlbz4.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1792},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLl4Qs7XoAAlbz4.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1792},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLl4Qs7XoAAlbz4.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1792},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLl4Qs7XoAAlbz4.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1792},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/HLl4Qs7XoAAlbz4.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1792}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000116987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000116987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000116987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000116990,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000116987\/revisions\/2000116990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000116988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000116987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000116987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000116987"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000116987"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000116987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}