The Rwanda Healing Project
Launched in 2004, this two-fold program deals with the grief of the 1994 genocide and offers education, development, and hope for life in the future. Working with genocide survivors in the Rugerero District near Gisenyi, we have completed a beautiful Genocide Memorial park which has become the official memorial site for the area. We have implemented projects and launched programs to transform the physical and human environment of the Survivors’ Village through art, health, community, and economic development initiatives. This includes launching an educational program for children, initiating a young women’s support group, setting up a basic health education program, installing rain water harvesting tanks for 100 families, building latrines, and starting small business enterprises in sewing, basket weaving, and sunflower oil production. Through these collaborative activities, villagers now feel connected to each other and the village has a sense of place based on images rooted in the residents’ own imagination and creativity.
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