Sharing Knowledge and Expertise in Rwanda

Since 2018, VSO has facilitated a twinning partnership between Lewisham Sexual health services (part of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust in the UK) and Nyagatare District Hospital in north-eastern Rwanda. The initiative unites two institutions and medical professionals working in the same sector in different parts of the world to share staff knowledge and learn from one another. The twinning arrangement has mobilised volunteers from the UK and from Rwanda and has led to increased understanding of community outreach in both countries.