Track 1
Family Mentorship
Parents and youth still at home are matched with a trained community mentor — by basic phone or WhatsApp — before the crisis becomes irreversible.
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Youth & Family Mentorship Hub · Rwanda
Reconnecting youth. Healing families. Rebuilding futures.
Ongera Ubeho connects struggling youth, street children, and worried parents with trained Kinyarwanda-speaking mentors — through a physical safe space and a simple platform that works on any phone.
“Ongera Ubeho” means Live More / Choose Life in Kinyarwanda — a direct call to youth to take back their future.
130+
Direct beneficiariesin the first 6 months
60%
Women & girlsamong youth beneficiaries
Human connection first
Works on any phone — no data needed
Kinyarwanda-speaking mentors
Prevention before crisis
The Challenge
Youth are falling through the cracks
Across Rwanda, young people are drifting into addiction, gambling, and the streets — not because families do not care, but because when the warning signs appear, there is nowhere affordable, nearby, and in their own language to turn.
- Professional counselling costs 20,000+ RWF per session — and exists mainly in cities.
- Street children have no structured pathway back to family and school.
- Parents watch problems grow in silence, with no one to guide them.
12–25 the ages most at risk
What We Do
One hub. Two connected tracks.
A physical safe space combined with a simple digital system — built on human connection first, because Rwandans trust community-based, face-to-face relationships more than apps alone.
Track 2
Street Youth Rehabilitation
Weekly outreach builds trust with street youth, then offers food, a safe space, life skills, and a structured route back to family and dignity.
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Our Commitment
See Impact & Transparency
Impact you can count — and hold us to
The first six months are a fully budgeted pilot with independent monitoring. Every target below is published, tracked, and reported.
50
at-home youth in active mentorship
30
street children in rehabilitation
40
families receiving crisis guidance
10
community mentors trained & employed
Ongera Ubeho does not wait for the problem to become a tragedy. It intervenes early, speaks the community's language, and gives every young Rwandan a path back to dignity.
— The Ongera Ubeho founding team, Kigali
Every young Rwandan deserves a path forward.
Whether you are a donor, an NGO, a government partner, or a community member who wants to mentor — there is a place for you in this mission.
Write to us at Ongeraubehohubrwanda@gmail.com — Kigali, Rwanda