Community Tours in Rwanda - Millennium Village Tour
The Millennium Village Tour is a unique experience that introduces the development challenges and poverty traps in south-eastern Rwanda and the successful intervention package of the UN Millennium Villages Project. Visitors learn in hands-on ways about issues such as agriculture, education, health care, infrastructure and micro-enterprise development. This is combined with geographical and historical introductions, as well as cultural and culinary interaction. Most importantly, it is the locals themselves who present all these experiences through their own eyes.
- Main partners: UN Millennium Villages Project (MVP), Rwanda Community Works (RCW), Rwanda Nziza Tourism Cooperative, local authorities
- Number of direct beneficiaries: ca. 200 cooperative members
- Number of indirect beneficiaries: the wider Millennium Village community with 50,000 inhabitants
- Community percentage of profit sharing: at least 70%
- Material community benefits: ca. 50 rotating income-generating opportunities, community development fund, education fund, health fund, sale of handicrafts
Prices:
- 2 persons: $110/person excl. transport
- 3 persons: $100/person excl. transport
- 4-6 persons: $90/person excl. transport
- 7-10 persons: $80/person excl. transport
- 11-35 persons: $75/person excl. transport
- Special reductions for NGOs and universities
- Transport can be organized upon request
- Variations: half-day excursions, special themed visits focusing on individual interventions
Download Millennium Village (brochure).pdf
