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BilharziaStorytelling Initiative
A storytelling-first health initiative

Disease prevention, played like a game.

At BSI Rwanda, we turn bilharzia prevention into stories, songs and play. The Splash Water Game empowers school-aged students to become agents of change for their families and their communities.

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11
Partner schools
3
Districts reached
11,000+
Children reached
Rwandan students playing together near safe water
Field session · Ruhango District

Built for classrooms

Game sessions slot into a 40-minute lesson — no extra prep for teachers.

Play is the lesson

Children learn by doing — choosing safe water, avoiding risky habits, winning together.

Ripples into homes

Each student carries the message back to siblings, parents and neighbors.

Partnering with

  • MERCK
  • Rwanda Biomedical Centre
  • END Fund
  • Rwanda NGOs Forum
Why this matters

A disease hiding in plain sight.

In Rwanda's lake regions, children swim and play in waters carrying invisible parasites. Without awareness, bilharzia silently damages organs and steals futures. Rwanda has set a national target to eliminate the disease by 2030 — and 1,013 affected villages are counting on it.

200M
People infected worldwide
90%
Of cases in Sub-Saharan Africa
78
Countries with endemic schistosomiasis
A student smiling while playing the Splash Water Game
The product

Splash Water Game — where prevention feels like winning.

Splash drops players into everyday Rwandan scenes — fetching water, swimming, washing clothes — and asks them to make the small choices that keep bilharzia out. Every level ends with a story they can retell at home.

  • ✓Curriculum-aligned with Rwanda's primary health education
  • ✓Playable on shared tablets, phones, or printed cards
  • ✓Available in Kinyarwanda, English & French
  • ✓Teacher dashboard tracks reach and outcomes
See how it works
From the field

Splash, in the hands of students.

Snapshots from recent sessions in Bugesera, Gatsibo and Ruhango — where every roll of the dice is a chance to learn.

Pupils gathered around the Splash board on the grass
Classmates leaning in as a team rolls the dice
A BSI educator introducing Splash to a school assembly

"Knowledge is the first medicine."

— BSI Rwanda

11,000+

Children reached across Rwanda

3 districts

Bugesera, Gatsibo & Ruhango

2030

Rwanda's bilharzia elimination target

Voices from the field

Community voices, coming soon.

We are collecting real stories from the teachers, parents and students we work with across Bugesera, Gatsibo and Ruhango. Their voices will be shared here as the initiative grows.

Become a partner — a school, a funder, or a champion.

Whether you run a classroom, fund public health, or believe children deserve to learn through play — there's a place for you in this story.

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