The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) has taken part in a project and installed photovoltaic solar panels at Nemba Hospital in Rwanda. The support by the UMH is enabling the hospital to generate renewable energy for self-use by the hospital laundry to improve its overall energy efficiency and lower electricity costs there. UMH engineers [...]
A delegation from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) traveled to Rwanda to strengthen existing cooperative partnerships, inaugurate ongoing projects, and launch new initiatives with Rwandan institutions working in the fields of education, health, social services, and research. The delegation included Juan José Ruiz Martínez, UMH Rector; Vicente Micol, Vice Rector for Internationalization and [...]
The Vice Rectorate for Internationalization and Cooperation at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) hereby announces the call for places to participate in the 13th edition of the UMH International Development Cooperation Volunteering Program in Rwanda for 2026. One new feature for this edition is that the places are going to be distributed in [...]
The UMH university community who is interested in participating in the 13th edition of the Development Cooperation and Volunteering Program in Rwanda in summer 2026 is hereby invited to take part in an online informative session this Friday, December 19, at 10:30 a.m. local Central European Time. In this session, whose link is http://meet.google.com/chn-suxu-pno, attendees can [...]
Atzavares Hall at the UMH drew over 40 students from the Dual Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication and Journalism for the latest edition of ‘Snippets of Volunteering by Programs.’ Representatives from the UMH Service of International Relations and Cooperation, in conjunction with the Valencian Coordinator of ONGD (Valencian Coordinator of NGOs and Development; CVONGD), were also [...]
The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) has just completed the second and final portion of its summer 2025 volunteering program in Rwanda. In this edition, efforts focused on risk prevention, mental health, internal medicine, family members of hospital patients, adolescent mothers, AutoCAD, and construction tools, among other aspects. 2025 marks the twelfth edition of the [...]