{"id":40780,"date":"2020-01-31T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/joint-effort-needed-from-leaders-citizens-to\/"},"modified":"2020-02-01T17:54:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T17:54:52","slug":"joint-effort-needed-from-leaders-citizens-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/joint-effort-needed-from-leaders-citizens-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint effort needed from leaders, citizens to eradicate poverty &#8211; Shyaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The minister made the call during his address at the launch of a $3 million joint program on accelerating policy interventions in social protection in Rwanda with the United Nations support. The project will be implemented in five districts including Kirehe, Karongi, Burera, Nyamagabe, and Rutsiro.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the program, low-income families will be supported financially to start micro-businesses and lift themselves out of poverty. From 2020 to 2022, the project will cost an estimated $3,040,000 (Rwf 2.8 billion)<\/p>\n<p>The Fifth Integrated Household Living Survey (EICV5) that was conducted from October 2016 to October 2017 showed that the total population of Rwanda was 11.8 million and that 38.2% lived in poverty while 16.0% lived in extreme poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Nyamasheke, Gisagara, Rulindo, Karongi, and Nyaruguru districts recorded the highest number of low-income and poor residents.<\/p>\n<p>People who don\u2019t earn at least Rwf 159, 375 in a year are counted below the poverty line while those who don\u2019t earn at least Rwf 105, 064 in a year are counted extremely poor.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Shyaka explained that the reason why the government of Rwanda initiated the project in the five districts is to eradicate the extreme poverty which still lingers there. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this program to maximize its full potential, district leaders must avoid embezzling funds at all costs and distribute them impartially so that only the extremely poor families can benefit from it. A joint effort is needed both from leaders and citizens to eradicate poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fod\u00e9 Ndiaye, One UN coordinator in Rwanda commended the efforts of the government of Rwanda in eradicating poverty over the past 25 years. However, he said that the number of people under the poverty line is still high particularly in rural areas where 32.1% are under the poverty line compared to 13.4% in cities. \u201cSince 2013, the government of Rwanda initiated various projects to fight against poverty and that the new program will be an addition to lifting Rwandans out of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Statistics show that in 2000\/2001, 58.9% of Rwandans were under the poverty line, 56.7% in 2005\/2006, 44.9% in 2010\/11, 39.1% in 2013\/14 and 38.2% in 2016\/17.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34634 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_un_bamaze_gusinya_amasezerano_na_guverinoma-51c74.jpg\" alt=\"Anastase Shyaka, Minister of Local Government has reiterated the government of Rwanda aims to reduce poverty \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34635 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_bitabiriye_inama_ndetse_n_abayobozi_b_uturere_dutanu_tukirangwamo_ubukene_mu_rwanda-d4971.jpg\" alt=\"The minister made the call during his address at the launch of a $3 million joint program on accelerating policy interventions in social protection in Rwanda with the United Nations support. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34636 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bamwe_mu_bayobozi_baje_bahagarariye_imishinga_ndetse_n_uturere_bishimiye_ko_ubukene_bugiye_gucika-2a926.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34637 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bamwe_mubatanze_ibiganiro_bavuze_ko_ubukene_buzagabanuka-b44e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34638 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/prof_shyaka_na_mugenzi_we_fode_bateze_amatwi_ababajije_ibibazo-ef9cd.jpg\" alt=\"Minister Shyaka called upon district leaders to effectively use the available resources.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anastase Shyaka, Minister of Local Government has reiterated the government of Rwanda aims to reduce poverty and called upon district leaders to effectively use the available resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-40780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40780","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40780"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40780"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}