Car Free Day Initiative

Car Free Day Initiative

It is a bi-monthly mass sport initiated and organized by the City of Kigali and partners since  2016. Its primary goal is to promote sports culture to prevent non-communicable diseases among Kigali City residents and make Kigali a green city, free from air pollution. It occurs on each first and third Sunday of the month where some roads are restricted for motor vehicles exclusively for walking, running, and cycling.

Rwanda NCD Alliance and Ministry of Health through Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) play a central role in providing Car Free day package that includes free NCDs medical check-ups, raising NCDs awareness, healthy lifestyle education aiming at prevention, early detection, and fighting non-communicable diseases to the participants.