In the heart of Bugesera District, Rwanda, Febronie Mukashyaka, a young mother of three, grappled with the daily challenge of providing for her family while staying close to her children. Her journey took a turn when she visited Vestine Mukashyaka, a 52-year-old neighbor and fellow local savings group member.
Seeking an exceptional digital fundraising professional with 7+ years of experience to drive strategy, optimize donor journeys, and grow revenue through innovative digital campaigns.
Seeking an FP&A professional with 4+ years of experience to join our Global Finance Advisory Services (FAS) team. They will lead our financial planning activities, including budgeting and forecasting
We seek a Human Centered Design (HCD) Specialist, 3-5+ years of experience, to use HCD methodologies to improve One Acre Fund's program design, product offerings, marketing and extension.
The Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) lead will build systems to track, audit, and analyze our commitments. They will collaborate with partner teams to execute our commitments, and they will share our approaches with donors and lenders.
Looking for an exceptional communicator and collaborator to make the entire Impact Division more effective by 1) coordinating many actors to implement our Impact Strategy, 2) increasing the reach of leadership, 3) leading strategic initiatives.
Seeking a Youth Engagement Lead to co-design our youth strategy with leadership, stewarding the evolution of - and ongoing improvements to - our youth strategy over the long-term.
You will build the Supply chain “playbook” which our country teams can use to reach 10M farmers by 2030 tailored to the unique context of last-mile farmer deliveries in rural areas, leveraging external retail & industry supply chain expertise.
Discover how agroforestry - the practice of planting trees among crops - offers smallholder farmers like Baraka, Dunstan and Claudine a variety of benefits.
Investing in women smallholder farmers like Jeanne D'Arc Mbanira is critical to significantly increasing agricultural productivity, food security, and household prosperity.
In just the first season farming with One Acre Fund, Claudine Ayinkamiye, a 30-year-old farmer from Rwanda, managed to produce 900 kilos of potatoes and maize. Thanks to this surplus, she was able to invest in different crops and trees, making her better equipped to withstand erratic weather due to climate change.
Fifty-two-year-old One Acre Fund field officer Alphonsine Nyiransabimana dreams of a thriving agricultural industry in Rwanda, where farmers can earn a decent living. She is working to fulfill this mission by helping farmers in her local community access credit and quality seeds so that they can increase their harvests and adapt to extreme weather caused by the climate crisis.
In 2022, One Acre Fund Rwanda launched a program to distribute high-yielding, disease-resistant potato seed to the country’s smallholders to improve harvests and incomes.
Our Executive Director, Andrew Youn, shares his vision on why investing in young farmers is key to addressing the challenges we face in agriculture today – from sustainably feeding the world’s growing population to finding lasting solutions to resilient, profitable agriculture.
A few years ago, Belinda Bwiza, the incoming Country Director at One Acre Fund Rwanda, left Canada to answer her passion’s calling for social change.
Here, Emilie Umuhire, Kennedy Kimiti and Olivier Irakoze speak about their experiences working in our Global Recruitment team.
Jean de Dieu Muhire is our Rwanda Expansion lead. He talks about his growing career in agriculture and why empowering smallholder farmers is personal.
With a simple feature phone, Rwanda's smallholder farmers have access to the quality farming inputs and training they need to grow more food and earn more money.
We chat with Alinafe about how versatility has been pivotal to her career and to the development of her team, especially during the pandemic. We also talk fun virtual games, kombucha, and a lot more!
Raïssa Muhaturukundo, the Internal Communications Lead at One Acre Fund Rwanda, talks about how the coronavirus pandemic has influenced our work culture and how we have adapted to the new normal.
Doreen, a 2018 Skoll Foundation Emerging Leaders Fellow and Chief of Staff at One Acre Fund Rwanda, talks about the organization’s ongoing work around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Over the past five years, our program in Rwanda has expanded rapidly to serve nearly 400,000 farmers. Claire, our Director, Global Field Operations, recounts her favourite moments and lessons learnt over this period.
In 2019, One Acre Fund started producing hybrid maize seed in Rwanda with two domestic partners. We believe it’s a game-changer for farmers in the country. Here’s why.
Andria Mukamazimpaka’s investments in her farm and small business have enabled her family to thrive.
