The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Rwanda is a national Non- Governmental organization legally operating in Rwanda granted legal personality No.136/08/2011 under the law N°04/2012 of 12/02/2012 governing the organization and the functioning of national non-governmental organization. It is currently based at the Amahoro National Stadium in Kigali. The NPC was founded on November 1st 2001 with only three clubs as founder members but now has 30 members including founder members, four national sport associations and 30 District Paralympic Sport Committees as large members. It is a member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), of the World ParaVolley, Africa Paralympic Committee and the National Union of Disability Organisations in Rwanda (NUDOR).
The Executive Committee is made up of the Board with President, First Vice President in charge of Sport Development and Competition, 2nd Vice President in Charge of Marketing and Communication, Secretary General, Treasurer, Four Advisors representing four national sport associations, athlete representative and women representative.
The Executive meets quarterly to receive reports from the Board about delivery of key objectives and takes action accordingly. The Executive Committee members are elected by the General Assembly made up of Clubs and Sports Associations. The General Assembly normally meets once per year, the President chairs the meeting.
The day-to-day activities are managed and delivered by a secretariat lead by Executive Secretary and supported and guided by the Board through the decisions taken from the Board meeting.
From the SWOT analysis, we recognise that even as we strive to maximise participation opportunities for Persons with disabilities in Rwanda to fulfil their sporting aspirations; there is a need for NPC Rwanda to strengthen its organisational capacity and resources in order to prepare itself for growth and sustainability. The four strategic Objectives were developed and agreed with the board members as well as the staff. These objectives will direct the secretariat to execute the final Strategic Plan as well as assessing the objectives indicators to be mentioned in the Operational Plan.
It encompasses the unique spirit of Paralympic athlete who seeks to accomplish what the general public dreams unexpected, but what the athlete knows as a truth.
The manifestation of the idea that Paralympic athletes push their physical ability to the absolute limit.
Paralympic sport acts as an agent for change breakdown social barriers of discrimination for persons with impairment.
When intense and personal affection is begotten from the stories & accomplishment, of Paralympic Athletes, and the effect is applying to ones’ personal life.
Working with para-athletes and give them the tool and skills necessary to improve their lives.
It is a framework for understanding the complex way that the many aspects of people's identities overlap, including their race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and more.
NPC Rwanda followed principles for a good quality process, despite constraints of time and resources by:
The diagram below summarises our analysis. Change is not a linear process but a combination of these influences and approaches. The diagram represents the following aspects of our work:
This is followed by a brief narrative to explain the diagram and how we work in more detail and to summarise the implications for NPC Rwanda as an organisation.
NPC Rwanda conducts its annual retreat for the purpose of analyzing the four years’ achievements based on the existing strategic plan from 2017 to 2020; Analysis of the key priorities under the National Sport Policy that was shared by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sports. Annual retreat sessions organised followed the process cycle as shown in Fig. 1 Above.
