Assessing the Role of Community-Based Organizations Activities on Women Empowerments: A Case of African Evangelical Enterprise in Gasabo District, Rwanda

this study sought to assess the role of community-based organizations activities on women empowerment in rural communities using a case of AEE-Rwanda in Gasabo district 2020- 2023”. The study used qualitative and quantitative approaches. Self-administered questionnaires used as the main methods of data collection. Nevertheless, interview, observation, and content analysis were used to compliment, supplement and validate data collected through the questionnaire. In progressive study, the drawn conclusion is that AEE had contributed to the social economic development and women empowerment in rural community in Gasabo district and the researcher recommend the AEE Rwanda to focus on how beneficiaries can shift from farming activities to off farm activities, cooperate in data collection and interview activities and make stronger the collaboration between AEE Rwanda and local government authorities, Population of this study was 3050 from poor households in Bumbogo and Nduba sectors where purposive technique was used in order to get the desired respondents, Sample size was 354; it has been got from the formula of Yamane. Data were analyzed and interpreted using SPSS tool to draw all tables and even indicates relationship. During this research both primary and secondary data were used to achieve the set objectives. Training on micro-financing and group lending was very low, 100% had no savings and investments in other words, it was the best time for AEE to intervene in Bumbogo and Nduba sectors. after working with AEE 60.45% saving between 5,001 and 10,000 per year, the biggest part 41.67% of respondents bought Animals (Livestock), the 59.88% of respondents paid health insurance difficultly and after work with AEE the 79.94% of the respondents paid health insurance easily.100% is very easy to pay school fees. and the 85.87% confirmed that they are able to pay bills of water and electricity the result is [-0.009<0.932<1.00] means that there is a relationship between the contribution of AEE to the women’s empowerment at those sectors because the correlation of 0.932 is positive and very high correlation.