Imbuto Foundation in partnership with UNFPA, the Ministry of Youth & Arts and Friends of Imbuto, are launching the Innovation Accelerator (iAccelerator) phase 6. iAccelerator was developed as a mentorship driven programme, supporting young entrepreneurs with seed funding, training and skills development to generate original and ground breaking responses to challenges related to sexual and reproductive health, family planning and other population development related issues. The iAccelerator will start with a countrywide selection of sustainable and scalable youth-friendly SRH & Mental Health projects. The top 6 projects will win a grant, as well as access to 6 months of training & mentorship.
Seed funding: RWF 10,000,000
Focus market: Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) and Mental Health
Challenges:

• Applying Innovating Sustainable Solutions to break the Stigma around Mental Health. “Guhanga udushya dutanga ibisubizo birambye mu gukumira akato gahabwa abafite ibibazo by’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe”
• Improving access to Adolescents Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) quality information and services. “Kunoza uburyo bwo gutanga serivisi n’amakuru nyayo y’ubuzima bw’imyororokere ku rubyiruko”.