International Day of Education Today is the UN’s fourth International Day of Education, an opportunity for the world to focus on the critical importance of education in transforming lives. The UN gives some alarming statistics: Education offers children a ladder out of poverty and a path to a more promising future but about 258 million…
Happy Holidays everyone! We have come to that time of year where we all look back and reflect on where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. At DelAgua, we have, to date, managed to distribute over 640,000 improved cooking stoves to rural Rwanda improving the lives of thousands of people…
Today we celebrate the UN’s International Day of Rural Women. The theme is “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All”, and highlights the essential role that rural women and girls play in the food systems of the world. From production of crops to processing, preparing and distributing foods, women’s labour – paid and unpaid –…
Month 1 at DelAgua Getting back into formal employment after 3 years of self-employment was both exciting and frightening. However, I had prepared mentally to get back into employment and to handle all the challenges that came with it. I was open to anything believing that the universe would bring me something fulfilling. Then I…
World Gorilla Day 2021. Today is World Gorilla Day. It’s a day that means a lot to all of us in Rwanda, the home of the Mountain Gorilla, the world’s most endangered ape. Only about one thousand remain in the wild making it one of the most endangered animals on Earth and they are on…
East Africa Climate Action Awards 2021. Climate Neutral Now: Nature-based Solutions DelAgua has been working in partnership with the Government of Rwanda since 2012 distributing innovative, high quality, high performance cookstoves to rural communities. The project is operating at scale and for the long term: over 640,000 stoves have been provided helping more than 3…
