Climate Action & Disaster Risk Reduction
From drought to resilience — community by community.
CDRRO works with farmers, families, and local leaders in Ruhango District to reduce the risks of climate-change-induced disasters — restoring degraded land, preparing communities, and putting practical adaptation tools in every household's hands.
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Who we are
Climate change hits hardest where resources are thinnest. We work there.
The Climate and Disasters Risk Reduction Organization (CDRRO) is a not-for-profit founded to confront a hard reality: soil erosion, deforestation, and erratic weather are eroding livelihoods across rural Rwanda. Our answer is practical, community-led resilience.
- Grounded in Ruhango District — designed with, not for, communities
- Aligned with Rwanda's national environmental policy and the SDGs
- Practical tools: trees, stoves, water tanks, maps, and knowledge
The story in our emblem
Where we begin
Cracked soil, a dying tree — land degraded by erosion and deforestation, families exposed to every shock.
Where we're going
Deep roots, green canopy, harvested rain — a landscape and a community that thrive through every season.
Every programme we run moves a community from the first picture to the second.
What we do
Five focus areas. One goal: communities that withstand any season.
Climate risk is never one problem, so our response is never one programme. These five areas reinforce each other in every district we serve.
Want the full picture of how these fit together?
See our work in depthFlagship project · Ruhango District
On the ground now
A five-day workshop that leaves a district greener, mapped, and better prepared.
Our Community Sensitization Workshop on Environmental Protection and Climate Resilience combines training, participatory GIS mapping, and hands-on demonstrations — in partnership with Ruhango District authorities and Rwanda's environment agency, REMA.
100+ community members trained in agroforestry & climate-smart farming
Degradation hotspots mapped with GIS and validated by the community
Rooftop rainwater harvesting demonstrated household by household
50+ households reached with energy-saving (economic) stoves
How we work
Nothing about a community without the community.
Our method is simple to say and demanding to do: listen first, act together, measure honestly, and stay until resilience belongs to the people who live there.
Listen & assess
Every intervention starts with a participatory needs assessment — mapping risks with the community, local leaders, and district authorities.
Act together
We implement side-by-side with the people we serve: training, planting, building, and demonstrating solutions households can adopt immediately.
Measure & learn
Attendance records, field surveys, GIS maps, and community validation tell us what worked — and what to improve next season.
Sustain & advocate
We hand ownership to community structures and local government, and push for policies that keep resilience growing after we step back.
News & Events
What's happening at CDRRO.
Workshops, field demonstrations, and community campaigns — the latest from our work on the ground.
Why it matters
A tree planted today is a household protected for a generation.
Every seedling, stove, and water tank turns a season of risk into a season of harvest — one family, one hillside, one community at a time.
Working hand in hand with
- Ruhango District Authorities
- REMA — Rwanda Environment Management Authority
- Local farmers & communities
- Community-based organizations & NGOs
Your partnership powers resilience.
Every seedling planted, every stove installed, every household prepared — it starts with people who choose to act. Join us.