Goats for Child-Headed Households

Rwanda is a Sub-Saharan African nation that has been plagued with ethnic violence between the Tutsis and Hutus in the 1990s which culminated in a genocide of 800,000 Tutsis in addition to the exodus of approximately 150,000 Tutsis to neighboring countries. Now, though the Hutu-Tutsi conflict has diminished, the country still feels its effects in the form of ongoing poverty, a surfeit of parentless households, and a chronic shortage of opportunities for sustainable growth. Among these issues, poverty is the root cause of many of Rwanda's problems, as its systemic nature enables it to claim over 3 million lives in developing countries like Rwanda every year.