Our Programs
Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)
In collaboration with our grassroots partners and the Rwandan government, WE-ACTx has provided Voluntary Counseling and Testing services (VCT) since October 2005, testing over thousands of people.
Integrated Mental Health Services
Our health care model is unique in Rwanda for its extensive integration of mental health care into primary health and HIV medical care.
Youth Support Groups
WE-ACTx supports young patients living with HIV through weekly programs that promote emotional, physical, and social well-being. Sunday Support offers peer-led groups, yoga, and games, providing safe spaces for teens to discuss challenges, while younger kids enjoy creative activities. The Summer Youth Program combines arts, sports, and performance to build self-expression and friendships. Youth Clinic Day ensures youth-only care with self-care seminars and library access, and Saturday Support at Nyacyonga Health Center features traditional dance, music, and group discussions. These programs empower youth to connect, heal, and thrive.
Parental Support
WE-ACTx For Hope supports parents through weekly disclosure groups to help inform children born with HIV about their status and quarterly meetings to improve adherence and family well-being. These initiatives foster open communication, empower families, and enhance children’s health outcomes.
Nutrition support
WE-ACTx For Hope is proving supplement nutrition to more than 600 children monthly. It is a local porridge made by Sorghum, Soya and Maize. It is very rich in nutriments.
Young Mothers Group
Young mothers group is one the group WE ACT for Hope has. They are called young mothers because they had children at early age. In total they are 22. This group is special because of different reasons:
Kigali Imbereheza Project (KIP)
Kigali Imbereheza Project is a five year research study project that started in 2013. The project is funded by National Institutes For Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and is a collaborative project between WE-ACTx For Hope, which is in charge of operations, Rwanda Bio-medical Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems.
Annual Children’s Assessments
WE-ACTx’s team of nurses and psychologists conduct annual individual needs assessments for all patients under 17 years of age. These one-on-one evaluations allow the clinic’s staff to identify problems that young patients are facing related to poverty, stigma, family issues, gender-based violence, educational issues, and the challenges of grappling with their HIV status.
Day of the African Child
Day of the African Child is observed every year on June 16th, throughout the African continent in commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising, when 10,000 black schoolchildren risked their lives to demand better education and the right to be taught in their own language in South Africa.
Youth Ending Stigma (Y.E.S.)
Youth Ending Stigma (Y.E.S.) is a youth group committed to ending HIV-related stigma in Rwanda that was started by WE-ACTx patients in the fall of 2009. The members of Y.E.S. meet regularly at the Centreville clinic to support each other in their own struggles against stigma, and to collaborate on peer education projects and public awareness campaigns that challenge stereotypes and promote equality.
Music Therapy by Musicians without Boarders
Musicians without Borders (MwB) are an international nonprofit organization that uses music to connect communities, bridge divides, and heal the wounds of war and conflict.
Yoga
Since the beginning, WE-ACTx has taken an imaginative approach to supporting the well-being of the communities we serve. In 2007, we started offering yoga classes to help survivors of genocidal rape alleviate symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) through a partnership with the now-independent non-profit organization Project Air.
Literacy program
The literacy program has been integrated this year after realizing that some patients are not taking their medicines because they don’t know to read and write. The program started with 21 young mothers’ patients with the objectives of extending the program.
Education program
With collaboration of different good people and charities Organizations, we have been able to pay school fees, school materials and other stipend to six (6) youth who were the most vulnerable. Among them 2 (two) are in University and 4 (four) in secondary school.