Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) Secondary School

What Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) Secondary School does

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) is a US-incorporated nonprofit (EIN 27-3530769, The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Inc.) that operates a 150+ acre residential youth village and secondary school in Rubona Sector, Rwamagana District, Rwanda. Founded in 2008 by Anne Heyman and modeled on Israel's Yemin Orde Youth Village, ASYV provides free four-year secondary education to orphaned and vulnerable Rwandan youth, many affected by the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, through its core operating subsidiary, Liquidnet Family High School (English-medium, aligned with the Rwandan National Curriculum). Services are delivered on a residential basis and include trauma-informed mental health care (Tikkun Ha'lev), family-style 'Mama' caregiver support, primary medical care, three daily meals, and enrichment through the Life Enrichment Applied Programs (LEAP), the Gelfand Family Science Center with 3D modeling, and a four-year Entrepreneurship Program (built with TechnoServe) culminating in an annual Business Plan Competition. Supplementary programs include the Ikaze Refugee Impact Scholarship (IRIS) for high-performing refugee students and the Educational Resilience Program (ERP), a national teacher-training initiative delivered with the Mastercard Foundation, Rwanda Ministry of Education, and Gashora Girls Academy.

ASYV operates as a fully donation-funded nonprofit with no cost to students or families. Revenue is derived from individual donations via its online fundraising platform (fundraise.asyv.org), foundation grants (Mastercard Foundation, The Five Together Foundation, Shapiro Foundation), corporate sponsorships (SONARWA General Insurance, Liquidnet, The Ayers Foundation), and annual event fundraising, principally the Village Time gala, which has raised $650,000-$700,000 in recent years. The organization maintains a US fundraising office in New York and has served 2,100+ students since founding, with 1,700+ alumni and a Class of 2026 graduating in May 2026. Distribution is direct: students are referred through partnerships with Rwandan government agencies and social services, and supporters worldwide engage through donations, ambassador programs, and visitor/service-learning trips to the campus. Impact is documented via a 2025 Tulane University study showing alumni are nearly 2x more likely than peers to complete higher education and be employed.

Name

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) Secondary School

Legal name

The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Inc.

Website

https://asyv.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village is a nonprofit residential secondary school and youth village in Rwanda providing free four-year holistic education, trauma healing, and enrichment to orphaned and vulnerable Rwandan youth, funded entirely by donations and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Secondary Education for Vulnerable Youth

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Therapeutic/Behavioral & Residential Treatment K–12 Schools (EDAJABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM), Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO), Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD), School Climate, Culture & Belonging Initiatives (DEI-Aligned) (EDAKAMAM)

Keywords

• Residential secondary education
• Trauma-informed youth care
• Orphan and vulnerable youth services
• Life skills enrichment programs
• Social entrepreneurship education

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual donors contribute to support students through the organization's fundraising platform. Donors can set up fundraisers, give monthly, or make one-time donations.
2. Foundation Grants: Major grants from foundations including The Mastercard Foundation for the Educational Resilience Program and The Five Together Foundation supporting research initiatives.
3. Corporate Sponsorships: Corporate partners sponsor specific programs such as the annual business plan competition, with companies like SONARWA providing financial backing for student startups.
4. Event Fundraising: Annual Village Time gala events raising significant funds ($650,000+ in recent years) from attendees worldwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village operates the Liquidnet Family High School, a free four-year residential secondary school for orphaned and vulnerable Rwandan youth taught in English and aligned with the Rwandan National Curriculum. Enrolled students receive holistic support including housing, three daily meals, primary medical care, mental health services from social workers (Tikkun Ha'lev trauma healing), Life Enrichment Applied Programs (LEAP) in sports, arts, music, science and media, and a four-year Entrepreneurship Program with an annual Business Plan Competition.

Product overview

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village operates the Liquidnet Family High School as its core educational product, providing a four-year residential secondary education program to orphaned and vulnerable Rwandan youth. The institution supplements its academic curriculum with specialized programs including the Gelfand Family Science Center for hands-on STEM learning, an Entrepreneurship Program with annual business competitions, LEAP (Life Enrichment Applied Programs) for extracurricular enrichment, and the IRIS (Ikaze Refugee Impact Scholarship) for refugee students. The Educational Resilience Program extends ASYV's methodology to other schools nationwide through teacher training initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ikaze Refugee Impact Scholarship (IRIS): Scholarship program providing high-performing refugee students with academic, mental health, and financial support to thrive in top secondary schools across Rwanda
• Gelfand Family Science Center
• Educational Resilience Program (ERP)
• Village Time

Products and services

• Liquidnet Family High School Free four-year residential secondary school for orphaned and vulnerable Rwandan youth, taught in English and aligned with the Rwandan National Curriculum, providing holistic care including housing, meals, healthcare, mental health support, and enrichment.
• Ikaze Refugee Impact Scholarship (IRIS) Scholarship program run in partnership with Isomo and the Shapiro Foundation that places high-performing refugee students from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo in top secondary schools across Rwanda, providing academic, mental health, and financial support.
• Gelfand Family Science Center On-campus science center providing students with hands-on laboratory experiences, 3D modeling classes, and extracurricular science and technology projects as part of the STEM learning offering.
• Entrepreneurship Program Four-year entrepreneurship curriculum teaching business concepts and culminating in an annual Business Plan Competition with startup loan funding for winning teams.
• LEAP (Life Enrichment Applied Programs) Extracurricular enrichment programming covering football, basketball, visual art, music, photography, videography, and science labs to encourage healing and personal growth.
• Educational Resilience Program (ERP) National teacher training initiative that extends ASYV's trauma-informed educational methodology to schools across Rwanda, aiming to impact tens of thousands of students beyond the Village.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% national secondary school exam pass rate
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gashora Girls Academy of Science and TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2021Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and ASYV for the Educational Resilience Program, contributing expertise in science and technology education.
• IsomocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRwandan education organization partnering with ASYV and the Shapiro Foundation to implement the IRIS scholarship program for refugee students across Rwanda's five refugee camps.
• TechnoServecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner that created and facilitated ASYV's Entrepreneurship Program, helping develop the curriculum and providing entrepreneurship field trips for students.
• African Leadership AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessionals from African Leadership Academy hosted a three-day entrepreneurial boot camp for finalists of ASYV's Business Plan Competition.
• University of KigaliminorOthersProfessionals from University of Kigali, including Dorcas Kamau (Director of International Affairs and Partnerships), served as judges for the Business Plan Competition.
• Vatel International SchoolminorOthersEducational institution where ASYV alumni pursued degrees in Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SOS Children's Villages: Global leader in family-based residential care for orphaned and abandoned children across 130+ countries. Comparable on residential wraparound care for orphaned youth, but operates at much greater scale and across many geographies.
• Room to Read: Global education nonprofit operating across literacy, girls' education, and school systems in 20+ countries including Rwanda. Comparable as a large-scale international education nonprofit serving vulnerable children, but with a broader programmatic portfolio.
• Pencils of Promise: International education nonprofit building schools and improving literacy in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Comparable as a US-headquartered nonprofit operating schools in the developing world and reliant on donations and individual giving, but focused on primary infrastructure rather than residential secondary care.

Emerging players

• Kepler: Kigali-based nonprofit higher-education program serving Rwandan and East African students with a blended curriculum and career outcomes focus. Comparable in Rwanda-region education nonprofit space and similar outcome-orientation, though focused on tertiary rather than secondary education.

Direct peers

• African Leadership Academy: Pan-African residential secondary school in South Africa developing young African leaders. A documented ASYV partner (hosted a 3-day entrepreneurial boot camp for finalists) and directly comparable on residential secondary education for African youth with leadership/entrepreneurship emphasis.
• Yemin Orde Youth Village: Israeli youth village for at-risk youth established in 1953 for Holocaust orphans — the explicit model inspiration for ASYV. Operates the same residential, holistic-care-plus-education concept and is the closest direct comparator.
• Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology: Rwandan secondary boarding school for high-performing girls and a current ASYV partner on the Mastercard Foundation ERP. Directly comparable on geography, mission (quality secondary education in Rwanda), and student profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/asyv
• Facebookfacebook.com/AgahozoShalom
• Instagraminstagram.com/agahozoshalom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agahozo-shalom-youth-village

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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