Prison Fellowship Rwanda

Prison Fellowship Rwanda (PFR) is a faith-based non-profit organization that works in partnership with the government of Rwanda and its relevant agencies, local and international partners, and volunteers to foster peacebuilding, access to justice, livelihood, mental health, and psychosocial support services.

Prison Fellowship Rwanda was founded on 01 July 1995 and became affiliated to Prison Fellowship International in 1997. It was officially registered and recognized as a non-profit organization in Rwanda by the ministerial order No: 037/17 of 23 October 2002 by the Ministry of Justice.

Since 2020, Prison Fellowship Rwanda has worked with UNHCR and the government of Rwanda to provide community-based protection, legal assistance, mental health, and psychosocial support services to all refugees, and asylum seekers in Rwanda, including programs to combat statelessness.