Meanings
- RwandauncountableA movement for combating poverty through projects involving community participation.
Using the example of recent ubudehe deliberations by members of one community in his sector, the official related the following account.
2012, Marc Sommers, Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood, →ISBN3 more examples
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.
2002, Rosemary McGee, Josh Levene, Alexandra Hughes, Assessing participation in poverty reduction strategy papersFor 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, Samuel Kale Ewusi -, Weaving Peace, →ISBNIn 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.
2015, Andrea Purdeková, Making Ubumwe: Power, State and Camps in Rwanda's Unity-Building Project, →ISBN
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