Abstract: The study was carried out to assess the impact of project implementation on the socioeconomic of people living in rural areas of Rwanda and Akanyaru Watershed Protection project at Gisagara district was taken as a case study. Descriptive research design was used in this study. The population under study was 8000 people living in Gisagara district and is stakeholders of Akanyaru Watershed Project (AWP) which involves participants within this project, beneficiaries, cooperatives, and government authorities which is supported by RSSP from which a sample of 99 respondents was selected. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample respondents.The findings showed that majority of the respondents were female at 55.43%. 60.87% of the respondents were aged between 26 and 45 years.