Kigali, Rwanda

2019 Category Winner Public Health

The Kigali Car Free Day is a bi-monthly event designed to encourage a healthy lifestyle. City residents are asked to leave their cars at home to encourage greener living, physical activity, and neighbourhood interactions. In addition, free screening and testing of non-communicable diseases are offered on this day as a service to improve public health.

“We view the wellbeing of our people as a paramount issue. We believe that our city can’t develop without healthy people. Therefore, initiatives like Kigali Car Free Day are venues for our people to have a healthy lifestyle. As the City Administration we shall continue putting in place policies and conditions that promote the wellbeing of our people.”

Marie Chantal Rwakazina, Mayor, Kigali, Rwanda

In Kigali We Believe in the Wellbeing of Our People

by Marie Chantal Rwakazina, Mayor, City of Kigali