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Our Approach
SNV Rwanda seeks to empower
local communities, businesses, and
organisations to break the cycle
of poverty and guide their own
development by helping them to obtain
the tools, knowledge, and connections
they need to increase their incomes and
gain access to basic services.
We build this capacity by offering
advisory services that focus on creating
effective solutions with local impact.
The knowledge that we generate from
our advisory work is shared with other
local organisations and capacity builders
through knowledge networking, with the
goal of expanding access to, application
and regeneration of knowledge.
Lastly, evidence-based advocacy work
allows us to influence institutional
structures, policies, and practices in
ways that have been proven to benefit
the poor.
Value chain development
SNV uses a value chain approach to propoor
development. A value chain is the
system of people, organisations, and
activities needed to create, process and
deliver a product or service from supplier
to customer. We use the value chain
approach to effect change throughout
the whole system, thereby maximising
the possibilities for economic, social and
environmental sustainability.
SNV facilitates value chain development by
building technical, managerial, networking
and governance capacities, thereby
developing profitable and sustainable
practices in the value chain, resulting in
increased incomes and employment for
the poor, especially women.
Localisation
The aim of our localisation strategy
is to equip Rwandan institutions and
individuals with the ability to provide high
quality capacity development services