The Rwanda Paralympic Committee was an Agitos Grant Award recipient, with the funding going towards athlete pathway development for Rio and Tokyo.

[1][2] The funding benefited 900 athletes around the country, while it also went to training coaches, classifiers and referees in Rwanda.

[5] Hermas Cliff Muvunyi was selected to represent Rwanda at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the T46 400m and 1500m events.

[6] Going into Rio, Muyunyi was based at the Amahoro National Stadium where he trained with Eric Karasira.

[6] Rwanda women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games after winning the African Championships.