ATEDEC is a non- political, non-religious, and not for profit making, African NGO with its headquarters in Kigali Rwanda It was founded in Rwanda in November 1994 ,and was approved to operate through legal personality No.801/06.01 dated 12th April 1995, which was published in the official gazette of the Republic of Rwanda of 15th July 1999.
It is presently registered and operating under legal personality No.21/11 of 19th April 2004 issued by Rwanda Governance Board (RGB). ATEDEC started its activities in April 1995 focusing mainly on responding to the emergency humanitarian needs, resettlement and reintegration of displaced families and returnees following the 1994 Tutsi genocide that left over one million Tutsi slaughtered , and later, till today we are active in multi-sector, social-economic development programs of the country.
Our contribution in post genocide humanitarian needs, and later in the development phases up-to today are significant in many sectors especially in community development.
(i) Burundi, Ngozi province, Kiremba commune we undertook projects in capacity building and awareness on gender based violence (GBV), HIV/AIDS and early forced marriages, by focusing mainly women groups representatives, the youth and students.
(ii) Humanitarian assistance and social cohesion in the Central African Republic following the emergence of ex-Seleka rebels in 2013 and the upraising of self-defense anti-Balaka militia which left almost half of the country’s population displaced. The main activities are provision of mobile health clinics in the Begoua health district in Ombella M’Poko prefecture.
Several operations encompassed under social cohesion and livelihoods have been undertaken in the southern prefecture of Basse Kotto, especially in the sub-prefectures of Alindao, Mobaye, Mingala and Zangba, mainly focusing on IDPs in host communities, spontaneous repatriates and returnees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Livelihood activities were also undertaken in the sub-prefecture of Mbaiki, prefecture of Lobaye.