ubudehe

English

Noun

ubudehe (uncountable)

1. (Rwanda) A movement for combating poverty through projects involving community participation.
   • 2002, Rosemary McGee, Josh Levene, Alexandra Hughes, Assessing participation in poverty reduction strategy papers:

     There is muted concern from some stakeholders that the concept of ubudehe unless monitored carefully, could come to be used in a top-down way, which would limit meaningful participation by the rural poor.

   • 2012, Samuel Kale Ewusi -, Weaving Peace, →ISBN:

     For me, what I believe in most is ubudehe, which gives jobs to local people and they get paid. This does not mean that in some areas, ubudehe has not been mismanaged.

   • 2012, Marc Sommers, Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood, →ISBN:

     Using the example of recent ubudehe deliberations by members of one community in his sector, the official related the following account.

   • 2015, Andrea Purdeková, Making Ubumwe: Power, State and Camps in Rwanda's Unity-Building Project, →ISBN:

     In ubudehe, cells receive small funds (i.e., 1,000 USD) that they complement with their own resources (i.e., labour) to carry out locally designed projects such as upgrading or formation of anti-erosion terraces, upgrading or construction of roads, construction of schools, etc.