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Our Goal

Deliver high-quality, specialty healthcare capability to Rwanda through training, equipment and volunteers.

Priorities

Ensuring that our services are accessible to all, including the financially disadvantaged

Contributing to the long-term socioeconomic development of Rwanda in a sustainable manner

We value excellence, compassion, and respect. Collaboration and partnership are also central to our approach in delivering international standards of care for all our patients.

Successes

330 Doctors trained
14 Hospitals supported
6000 Hernia patients treated

From 2012, Rwanda Legacy of Hope has provided specialist consultant surgeons as volunteers twice a year. These specialists include experts in laparoscopic gynaecology, laryngology (ENT), neurosurgery, anaesthesiology, spine surgery, plastic surgery, orthopaedics, breast cancer, allergy and immunology, and hernia repair. The teams work in 14 hospitals across Rwanda. Comprising 164 volunteer specialist consultant surgeons and skilled theatre nurses from 12 countries in Europe and the USA, the teams perform various surgical operations and engage in capacity-building by training local doctors, specialists, and residents twice a year, after training, they provide CPD certificates.

Online Training of Surgical Residents during the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown

In April 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, our annual surgical residents’ hernia training could not be organized as a face-to-face session. Instead, a successful webinar was organized for seven postgraduate residents. The Postgraduate Hernia Training Program has now been integrated into the postgraduate curriculum by Prof. Faustin Ntirenganya, Head of Surgery at the University of Rwanda. The faculty of the Hernia Course Webinar comprised 13 consultant surgeons from the UK, Germany, Rwanda, and the USA.

Over £445,000

in medical equipment donated

Donations of Medical Equipment and Medicine

The Rwanda Legacy of Hope medical volunteer team has provided medical equipment and medicine to 14 hospitals, valued at over €530,000 (RWF 795 million). The equipment ranges from routine surgical instruments to theatre tables and air conditioners fitted in operating theatres. In 2016, Rwanda Legacy of Hope equipped two theatres in Rwamagana as a training centre, investing $50,000 (RWF 73 million).

Partnership with the Ministry of Health and CHUK Hospital

The success of the RLOH missions would not have been possible without the substantial support of the Ministry of Health. This partnership has been formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) since 2016.

£1,500,000+

donated medical hours

Our Team

Health team gathered at Rwanda hospital

Impact Through The Years

2012

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2013

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2014

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2016

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2012

Hernia Operations Begin


Since 2012, Rwanda Legacy of Hope has been conducting a volunteering medical mission in Rwanda, bringing specialist surgeons from Europe to train local doctors, general practitioners, and residents in performing hernia repairs using mesh for the first time in the country. From 2012 to 2024, Rwanda Legacy of Hope has trained 330 individuals in hernia repair local doctors, general practitioners, and residents using mesh across 14 hospitals and operated 6000 patients. After completing the training, each local doctor received a CPD certificate.

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2014

Gynacology Training

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2016

Neurosurgery Introduced

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Our Missions