VP RWANDA · EDUCATION & CHILDREN

Zero School
Dropout

Back to School. Back to Hope. Back to a Future.

A journey to reconnect vulnerable children with education, support their return to school and help them build a future beyond the streets.

Discover the journey ↓

THE STORY

Every child deserves
a second chance.

VP Rwanda was founded in 2023 in Rwanda as a Community Benefit Company focused on empowering youth, promoting women’s rights and advancing integrity.

Through its Zero School Dropout Program, the organization worked with vulnerable children, including children who had lived on the streets for years, to help reconnect them with formal education.

The work went beyond enrolment: identifying children, engaging with them, creating a pathway back to school, providing essential equipment and following their educational journey.

Education is more than returning to a classroom.
It is about restoring opportunity, confidence and hope.

THE IMPACT

Numbers that tell
part of the story.

30+ Children reached

17 Children started school

2 Currently continuing primary education

1 Current student serving as a school leader

30+ children were reached, 17 started school, and two are currently continuing primary education — one in P5 and one in P6.

THE JOURNEY

From the streets
to the classroom.

Returning to school is a process. Each step matters — from first contact to the support that helps children remain connected to education.

Identify

Finding children who had become disconnected from education and beginning a conversation about returning to school.

Listen

Understanding their circumstances and the barriers that had kept them away from formal education.

Reconnect

Working toward a practical pathway for children to re-enter education.

Return

Supporting children as they began or resumed their school journey.

Support

Providing school equipment and practical assistance to help children participate in school life.

Follow Up

Visiting and staying connected with educational progress after the return to school.

Grow

Two students continue in primary school — and one has taken on a school leadership role.

01 · THE BEGINNING

Finding the children.
Starting the journey.

The recruitment process documents the beginning of the effort to reach children who had become disconnected from school and create a pathway back to education.

02 · THE CLASSROOM

Back to school.
Back to learning.

The second video shows the school environment where the children continue their education, bringing the story from recruitment to the classroom.

PHOTO STORY

The journey
in pictures.

School visits, learning moments and practical support captured along the journey.

SUPPORT MATTERS

Returning to school
needs more than enrolment.

A child returning to school also needs the practical conditions that make participation possible. VP Rwanda supported children with educational equipment and continued engagement through visits and follow-up.

These moments are part of the wider story: helping children not only enter the classroom, but feel equipped and supported as they continue learning.

Educational equipment
School reintegration support
Follow-up visits
Community engagement

WHERE THEY ARE NOW

Two students.
Two continuing journeys.

Two children are currently continuing their primary education: one is in P5 and the other is in P6.

Continuing the journey

A current primary school student continuing their education.

P6 · SCHOOL LEADER

A student.
A leader.
A future.

One of the current students has taken on a school leadership role — a reminder of what can become possible when children have the opportunity to return to education.

School Leader

THE NEXT CHAPTER