1994
Where service began
In post-genocide Rwanda, Rosine worked with Save the Children Fund UK, helping unaccompanied children reconnect with their families and rebuild a sense of safety.
A manifesto for inclusion
Every child
deserves to learn.
Every family deserves support.
Every society grows stronger through inclusion.
The child is the hero.
01 The conviction
Autism should never be a sentence to exclusion.
Real change begins when adults learn to understand the child rather than asking the child to fit an unchanged environment. It grows when families are treated as knowledge partners and when teachers receive practical tools, support and time to turn inclusion from a promise into a daily practice.
Building practical autism solutions for Africa
Rosine Duquesne
Kamagaju
Rosine is a Rwandan expert in autism, neurodevelopment and inclusive education, and the founder of Autisme Rwanda. Her work connects direct practice, professional training and institution-building so that specialist knowledge can become usable support for children and families.
Discover Autisme Rwanda25+
years of field experience across France and Africa
600+
children and families supported since 2014
150+
professionals trained to deliver better support
02 Journey
Thirty years.
One direction.
“Knowledge becomes powerful when it reaches the child.”
France
Two decades of practice
She developed deep, hands-on experience supporting autistic children and adults, while completing a University Diploma in Autism and Associated Disorders at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.
2010–12
Knowledge returns home
As a member of the Rwandan diaspora, Rosine joined IOM’s MIDA Great Lakes programme, training professionals and strengthening local capacity in autism support.
2014
Autisme Rwanda
She founded a durable, locally grounded response for autistic children, families, educators and communities in Rwanda.
Today
From practice to a model
The next chapter is to document, teach and transfer a quality-led approach that African partners can adapt to their own communities.
03 Ideas
Ideas grounded in practice.
Built to change systems.
Field note
Inclusion is built through moments of learning, joy and belonging.
Inclusion is an investment
A child who can learn, communicate and participate strengthens an entire community.
Teachers change systems
Training one teacher can transform the daily reality of many children for years to come.
Families are partners
Support begins by listening to families, respecting their knowledge and building solutions with them.
Africa needs its own solutions
Scientific knowledge matters most when it is translated into practical, culturally grounded action.
04 The model
From one centre
to shared excellence.
01
The laboratory
Autisme Rwanda
A real centre is where ideas meet consequences. Practice is observed, adjusted, evaluated and documented while children and families receive daily support.
02
The method
The Rosine Kamagaju Model
The lessons of practice become a teachable framework: principles, training, educational tools, procedures, supervision and quality review.
03
The partner
Local excellence
Local leaders adapt the approach to their community while shared training, safeguarding and continuing review protect what the model stands for.
Practice before theory
A trusted partner network begins with what has already been tested beside children, families and educators.
01
Professional training
Equip the team
02
Technical assistance
Build the centre
03
Quality review
Protect standards
04
Excellence
Become a reference
A network, not a franchise
A future network of trusted partner centres.
Each centre would remain independently governed and rooted in its community, while receiving a shared method, team training, ongoing support and regular quality reviews.
Future partner centreRosine Kamagaju
ModelTrained · Supported · Reviewed
ModelTrained · Supported · Reviewed
Prepare
Assess local needs, leadership, resources and safeguarding capacity.
Train
Equip the founding team with practical programmes, tools and standards.
Support
Guide implementation through technical assistance and supervision.
Recognise
Grant renewable partner recognition after review, then reassess it regularly.
The local partner brings
Local leadership · premises · staff · community relationships · sustainable financing
The Rosine Kamagaju Model brings
Training · procedures · educational tools · supervision · evaluation · quality standards
05 Speaking
From field experience to public action
Invite a voice grounded in practice.
Rosine speaks to governments, universities, foundations, educators, health professionals and families. Her contribution connects the human reality of autism to the practical decisions behind training, family partnership, inclusive education and responsible services.
01
Autism in Africa: challenges and opportunities
02
Building inclusive education systems
03
Supporting families after diagnosis
04
From awareness to practical action
06 References
Institutions that have
trusted her expertise.
MIDA Great Lakes
Training of trainers and local capacity building · Kigali · 2010–2013
Fund UK
Protection and family reunification for unaccompanied children · Rwanda · from 1994
Education Fund
Autisme Rwanda selected among supported education initiatives
Business Forum
Participation in the international forum and advocacy for inclusion
Start a conversation
Build what
children need.
Invite Rosine to speak, train a team or explore the creation of a labelled partner centre in your country.