Imbuto Foundation in partnership with UNFPA and Friends of Imbuto, are launching the Innovation Accelerator (iAccelerator) phase 7. iAccelerator was developed as a mentorship driven programme, supporting young entrepreneurs with seed funding, training and skills development to generate original and ground breaking responses to challenges related to sexual and reproductive health, family planning and other population development related issues.

The iAccelerator will start with a countrywide selection of sustainable and scalable youth-friendly SRH & Mental Health projects. The top 6 projects will win a grant, as well as access to 6 months of training & mentorship.

Seed funding: RWF 10,000,000
Focus market: Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) and Mental Health
Challenges:

• Improving young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health services, including HIV prevention and menstrual health – Kunoza imitangire ya serivisi n’amakuru y’ukuri ku buzima bw’imyororokere ku rubyiruko, hibandwa ku gukumira ubwandu bwa Virusi itera Sida, ndetse n’amakuru na serivisi bijyanye n’ukwezi k’umugore.

• Promoting mental health awareness and knowledge to help build inclusive, barrier-free communities -Kongerera urubyiruko ubumenyi ku buzima bwo mu mutwe no gushaka ibisubizo birambye mu gukumira akato gahabwa abafite uburwayi bwo mu mutwe.

Notice: All proposed solutions should ensure special consideration for the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities – Imishinga yose igomba kuba yerekana uko izita ku rubyiruko rufite ubumuga by’umwihariko.