strategies of the Private sector to include activities of the informal sector to strengthen social security. The Ministry of Trade and Industry established a special annual program called Handicraft Excellence Award Program (HEAP) to facilitate in the identification of talented artisans with high quality products and link the winners to local, regional and international buyers. g. Lack of support scheme to child headed households 50. The Government of Rwanda adopted the Law No. 22/2011 of 28/6/2011 establishing the National Commission for Children (NCC) which is an independent organ under the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) and is responsible for monitoring, promoting and protecting the rights of children in Rwanda. The NCC currently supports 1, 362 (577 Females and 577 males) Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in secondary school, 5, 156 (2, 056 Females and 3, 100 males) in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) through the provision of school fees and health insurance. Through this program, since 2011 (year of establishment of the NCC), 124, 611 students had completed both secondary school (105, 361) and TVET (19, 250). 51. NCC organizes Annual Children’s Summit that serves as a national consultative forum that brings together child delegates from all the administrative sectors across the country. The Children’s Summit provides children with a special opportunity to express their views and wishes about building the nation. Thus children are given an opportunity to have their views included in what is planned for them with regard to the country’s policies and programs for children. In 2014, the Annual National Children’s Summit coincided with the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In that summit, 507 children from across Rwanda and 17 other children from other East Africa nations convened to discuss on child rights and protection. 52. The ravages of genocide and AIDS have claimed the lives of at least one parent of almost a third of Rwanda’s children. Thousands of boys and girls throughout the country have been forced to take on adult responsibilities. Vulnerable, poor and often marginalized children forego school while struggling to take care of their younger siblings. As such, Rwanda is home to one of the world’s largest proportions of child-headed households, with an Page 21 of 105