Retired Programs and Initiatives

Dairy Farm at Duha Complex School

With the creation of a functional dairy farm on the school property, the student’s lunch is supplemented with fresh milk. REAP has since turned this initiative over to the Duha Complex School to manage.

Sanitary Toilets

The Duha School Complex recognizes that sanitary toilets are essential to a quality education as they can reduce illnesses that can lead to conditions that include malnutrition, diminished concentration, attendance, focus, and physical development. Access to on-site toilets vs. commercial toilets is a vital element of a quality learning program. As such, REAP added six toilets, a few of which are accessible to students with disabilities.

Access to Water

Fresh, clean water, access to which is challenging in rural Rwandan villages, is available on site at the school, thanks to water tanks that pipe in fresh water.

Electricity

A major impediment across rural communities is the absence of electricity, especially critical to students who want to read and do their homework in the evenings. REAP installed electricity in the Duha school as well as in the surrounding community.

Advancing STEM

REAP has partnered with Level Up Village (USA) to provide STEM learning to Duha students through one-on-one interactions between American students and their counterparts in Rwanda. This has enabled Duha students to participate in STEM skills-building as well as design negotiating collaborative real-world problem-solving experiments.

Teacher Housing

REAP, in partnership with the local government, built housing to provide residence for teachers, giving them stable living opportunities that increase their retention in a rural setting.

Leveled Literacy Intervention

An American-based literacy program that served 180 primary students for three years is now retired in favor of a multisensory approach to reading. However, the LLI books remain an essential part of the library.