Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Programme type
Population group
Poor households
Programme Details
Programme objectives
The Programme objectives focus on two main areas:
- Protection – stopping households from falling below survival levels, stopping households from selling productive assets, and building a buffer to manage future shocks; and
- Production – reducing risk, encouraging risk-taking through predictable transfers and wages, creating employment opportunities as a base for savings, using credit, building community assets, developing an entrepreneurial culture and helping to monetize the local economy.
Programme components
Three main components and their sub-components:
(i) Safety Net Component:
(A) Direct Support (DS): This component provides unconditional cash transfers to extremely poor households to ensure that the most vulnerable households can meet their most basic needs.
(B) Nutrition Sensitive Direct Support (NSDS): provide health and income support to vulnerable pregnant women, new mothers and young children.
(C) Public works: Classic and Expanded.
(D) Expanded Public Works (ePW): providing part-time (4-5 hours per day) multi-year, year-round employment.
(E) Classic Public Works (cPW): Providing short-term, temporary employment on community infrastructure projects (terracing, irrigation, building of classrooms, construction of access roads, etc.)
(ii) Livelihoods enhancement:
(A) Asset Transfers: Small livestock (chickens, rabbits, goats and pigs), agricultural inputs (seeds, seedlings, fertilizer, etc.), small-scale agricultural processing equipment (milling machines, etc.), small equipment for off-farm micro-enterprise development (carpentry tools, sewing machines, etc.)
(B) Skills Development: Skills training provide
(C) Financial Services (FS): provides small loans at low interest rates to individuals or groups.
(iii) Sensitisation and Community Mobilization (The component’s three main objectives are to support access to economic opportunities and services; raise awareness and understanding surrounding graduation from extreme poverty and VUP; ensure household understanding of rights and responsibilities by strengthening coordination of service delivery and the establishment of referral pathways to other service providers.
(A) Proximity Advisory Services
(B) Public Communication
Local Administrative Entities Development Agency of Rwanda. n.d. Vision Umurenge Program (VUP). Accessible at: https://www.loda.gov.rw/vup
Accessed on 30 January 2024.
Previous programme name (if any)
Ubudehe Programme
Conditionalities (if any)
The NSDS beneficiary are required to attend and follow the medical programs designed for them which are: a) testing at least four times for pregnant women; b) to protect children and monitor their development by complying with all programs provided by health centres or health consultants; c) take a healthy diet; d) maintain general cleanliness in preparation of food, body and clothing; e) follow and participate in the programs provided by the health centre or health counsellors, including birth control.
Coverage
In 2022:
(i) 36,549 eligible individuals in Ubudehe cat 1 out benefited from Small livestock, 18,843 eligible HHs in ubudehe cat 1 benefited from off/on grid energy while 20,800 benefited from One Cow per Family compared to the 23,469 targeted. Total cows provided so far are 427,804;
(ii) A total of 206,001 households benefited from VUP public works (cPW) in 416 sectors;
(iii) 122,988 households from 416 Sectors were supported under VUP Direct Support.
(iv) 141,000 (70,000 Male-headed & 68,000 Female-headed) households were involved in Public Works between 2008 to 2019, whereas 73,934 (68,366 Female-headed & 65,381 Male-headed) households received direct support between 2008 to 2019. 154,686 (Male=79,348 & Female=75,338) beneficiaries received financial service between 2015-2019.
(i) Republic of Rwanda. 2022. The Citizen’s Guide to the Budget for the FY2022/23. Accessible: https://www.minecofin.gov.rw/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=51224&token=5df52744a0ead1cca839559497fe7f7dc0726e7b#:~:text=The%20total%20budget%20for%20fiscal,Budget%20of%20FRW%204%2C440.6%20billion.
Accessed on 31 January 2024
(ii) Alliance for Financial Inclusion. 2019. Member Series: Rwanda – The Role of Social Protection Programs. Accessed on 23 Oct. 23. Accessible: https://www.afi-global.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AFI_MS_Rwanda_AW_digital.pdf
Programme expenditure
40.4 billion Rwf (2022-2023) for the Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu Ministry (the Ministry of Local Government)
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Community-Based Targeting
Targeted areas
Nation-wide, In 180 sectors with direct support, and 150 sectors with public works by 2012/2013.
(i) Local Administrative Entities Development Agency of Rwanda. n.d. Vision Umurenge Program (VUP). Accessible: https://www.loda.gov.rw/vup
Accessed on 30 January 2024.
(ii) Republic of Rwanda. (2013). Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy II 2013 – 2018. Accessible: https://www.minaloc.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/Minaloc/Publications/Useful_Documents/EDPRS_2__1_.pdf
Accessed on 30, January 2024
Target groups
• Direct Support which gives cash grants to extremely poor households without labour capacity
• Direct Support (DS): Extremely poor, Individuals severely labor-constrained households vulnerable households.
• Nutrition Sensitive Direct Support (NSDS): Extremely poor pregnant women and infants at risk of malnutrition
• Expanded Public Works (ePW): Moderately labor-constrained households
• Classic Public Works (cPW): Extremely poor households with labor capacity
• Asset Transfers: Any member of an extremely poor household may apply to the VUP for technical or vocational skills training
• Skills Development: Any member of an extremely poor household may apply
• Financial Services (FS): Individuals in extremely poor and vulnerable households.
• Sensitisation and Community Mobilization: Extremely poor and vulnerable households-
Eligibility criteria
(i) Public Works: Households eligible for VUP public works are extremely poor (in the bottom two Ubudehe categories) who are “landless” (less than 0.25 ha) but have at least one adult (18 years+) able to do manual labor.
(ii) Direct Support: Extremely poor households in the bottom two Ubudehe categories who are “landless” (less than 0.25 ha) and whose members are unable to work because of age, disability or illness and are without a (i) household member qualifying for public works.
(iii) Financial Support: Complements to those beneficiaries who are eligible for direct support and public-works social protection
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Amount of benefits
(i) Public works: up to RWF1,500 per work day
(ii) Direct support (2022):
(A) The support allowance is calculated according to the number of family members: a) consisting of one person is allocated 7,500 reais; b) a household consisting of two people will receive 12,000 reais; c) a household consisting of three people will receive 15,000 reais; d) a household consisting of four people receives 18,000 reais; e) a household consisting of five or more people is given 21,000 reais.
(B) Nutrition Sensitive Direct Support (NSDS): The NSDS beneficiary is allocated 7,500 Frw per month, and receives 22,500 Frw in one benefit at the beginning of each term.
(iii) Asset transfer (2022):
Profit-generating assets (livestock, tools, etc) not exceeding eighty thousand Rwandan francs (80,000 Frw) along with fifty thousand francs (50,000 Frw) to help in the production of the property (running cost)
Payment/delivery frequency
Direct support: monthly
Public works: every two work weeks
Siegel, P.B. et al. 2011. “Adaptive Social Protection in Rwanda: A No-Regrets Approach
to Increased Resilience in a Territorial Planning Context.” Presentation at International Conference:
‘Social Protection for Social Justice’, Brighton, UK, 13–15 April. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<https://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/Siegeletal2011AdaptiveSocialProtectioninRwanda02CS
Pconferencedraft.pdf>.
Benefit delivery mechanism
Bank transfer to beneficiaries' accounts.
Siegel, P.B. et al. 2011. “Adaptive Social Protection in Rwanda: A No-Regrets Approach
to Increased Resilience in a Territorial Planning Context.” Presentation at International Conference:
‘Social Protection for Social Justice’, Brighton, UK, 13–15 April. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<https://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/Siegeletal2011AdaptiveSocialProtectioninRwanda02CS
Pconferencedraft.pdf>.
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
There is a management information system (MIS) in place.
The LODA MIS and Social Protection MIS is in development in 2015/2016.
