We are proud to announce that we are Twinning one of our DunnyBees hives with a hive in Umutara in Northern Rwanda. Our support will help purchase a bee hive and train the children on beekeeping, this will help them provide an income for the village helping them become self sufficient.
This project is through the charity Bees Abroad who are helping set up Apiaries in villages throughout Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Sierra Leone.

Umutara Deaf School
Supporting young people through sustainable beekeeping

The Umutara Deaf School beekeeping project trains deaf children to be beekeepers. Our objective is to provide the children with skills and an income source. Having a skill and independent income gives the deaf youngsters confidence and status in their home village which is important for people with a disability in Rwanda.

The project aims to establish a apiary at the Vocational Training Centre in Mwogo to train teachers and students and also train 8 young people with physical and learning disabilities, supported by a member of their family, from the linked Ubumwe Community Centre. Skills in beekeeping will be provided, with students at the Vocational Training Centre trained to make hives and tailor bee suits.
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