During this period of 100 days of Genocide Commemoration, Shalom Ministries – Rwanda has visited widows of AVEGA- Agahozo in Ruhango District on 29 June 2013. Shalom Ministries- Rwanda visit to these widows was to comfort and give them an aid consisting of 25 goats and clothes. Each widow got one goat to breed so […]
My name is Fred Niyomwungeri. My father, mother, brothers and sisters all were killed in 1993 during the ethnic conflicts in Burundi where we were living before coming back in my home country, Rwanda. After being an orphan, I became a street child and alcoholic. I was affected by all things that can destroy young […]
My name is Valence NTAKIRUTIMAN I am married and have two children. I came to Kigali from Gisenyi (Western province) as a street child aboard a military truck. When I arrived in Kigali, the capital city, I started using drugs of all kinds. I was beating my wife and fighting with other people because of […]
My name is Madeleine Bamurange, a former refugee in Burundi. My family lived in Burundi since it fled ethnic conflicts in 1959. We came back in my home country after the genocide. When my husband died in an accident in 1996, I was left in poverty with 6 children without a job. Sometimes […]
My name is Monica Nyirarugira. My parents were killed during the genocide. Thereafter my living conditions got worse; I started being a house worker. Those I worked for sometimes cheated me. Then I realized that could not achieve anything and decided to be a prostitute. At that time I was using drugs and fighting because […]
My name is Edith Kagoyire, a widow. My husband, parents and siblings were killed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Also, all our properties were looted and destroyed. After the genocide, I lost my mind, was traumatized, couldn’t sleep or think properly. I was always crying, had sorrow in my heart. I didn’t know how […]