The National Organization and project partner in Rwanda is Rwanda Kolping Society (RKS), which is a non- profit organization with headquarters in Kigali. The Kolping Society RKS contributes to the fight against poverty for socially and economically disadvantaged people in the project. This is done through the creation and development of self-help organization through which people are mobilized and empowered to carry out self-help projects.

With 6,594 members in 128 Kolping Families, the democratically structured membership organization has grown considerably since its foundation in 2008. Almost 90% of the population lives from subsistence farming. Since the start of the BMZ funding in 2017, savings and credit groups have been set up in practically all self-help groups and training measures to improve productivity have been introduced. The aim of the project in Rwanda is to empower smallholder households to improve their productivity, production and standard of living. In this way, the objective is to combat income poverty among the smallholder population, enabling them to permanently improve their productivity and tap into additional sources of income. As a result, the vulnerability of people is reduced and their resilience improved.