Rwanda eine Spur der Freude

Graz, Austria

Poverty & HungerEducationHousing & HomelessnessCommunity development

Faith-based organisationInternational reach

Profile last updated: April 8, 2026

About

Rwanda eine Spur der Freude is a faith-based organisation based in Graz, Austria working on poverty & hunger, education, housing & homelessness +1 more.

Rwanda eine Spur der Freude is a faith-based charitable partnership linked to the Pfarre Karlau parish in Graz, Austria, and to partner parishes in Nyamasheke and Cyangugu in Rwanda. It supports people in poverty in Rwanda through projects including widow houses, livestock distribution, vocational training workshops and school sponsorship for girls. Projects are funded through donations collected in Austria and South Tyrol, and the initiative reports on its work through travel visits, news articles and project pages.

Location

Graz, Austria

Organisation type

Faith-based organisation

Focus areas

Rwandapartnershipwidowseducationpovertyfaith-basedparish partnership

Languages

Causes & programmes

Causes

Poverty & HungerEducationHousing & HomelessnessCommunity development

Works for

Women & GirlsChildrenYouthFamiliesPeople in poverty

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmes

Programmes

Witwenhäuser (widow houses)

Housing & Homelessness · Rwanda

Builds simple houses for poor widows with children, with more than 500 built to date.

Ziegen und Schweine (goats and pigs)

Poverty & Hunger · Rwanda

Distributes goats and later pigs to needy families and widows to support self-sufficiency.

Lehrwerkstätten (vocational workshops)

Education · Rwanda

Vocational training workshops in Nyamasheke for tailoring, carpentry, metalwork, masonry and electrical work, where trainees also help produce school uniforms and furniture for projects.

Partnerschaft für arme Mädchen (sponsorship for poor girls)

Education · Rwanda

Sponsorship of girls from poor families so they can attend secondary school in the partner parish of Nyamasheke.