A survey by the Public Policy Information, Monitoring and Advocacy (PPIMA) project of the Rwanda Civil Society, shows that 90 percent of Rwandans are happy with the education and health services offered by the government. 84 percent of the people interviewed said they have health insurance under Mutuelle de Sante.

The survey was released yesterday during a three-day workshop organized by Rwanda Civil Society and Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) in conjunction with CARE International and Save the Children Fund UK.

The workshop that attracted participants from Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda aims at exploring best practices from the region on how to enhance the role of the citizens and civil society in monitoring and providing feed back to governments on how policies can be more effective.

However, the survey also shows that 92 percent of Rwandan communities don’t receive enough information on the national budget hence have no idea of how the budget concerns them.

It also shows 50 percent of the activities outlined in performance contracts of local government institutions are fulfilled.

According to the PPIMA survey, the ignorance of the communities on government policies and how they can utilize them is attributed to lack of information.

PPIMA, is a three-year old civil society support project aimed at promoting an active interest among Rwandan civil society organizations and citizens in public policy affairs.

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