HEALING & RECONCILIATION
Comfort Rwanda is working in partnership with The Living Church in Rwanda and works closely with its vice-president, Paul Ndahigwa. Paul lost many family members during the genocide; and the suffering of those who had been tortured, raped and mutilated made the message of forgiveness a hard one to preach. “It was a genocide that was quite different” explains Paul. “We had the same culture, language and religion and the killers were often relatives of others who were killed. They killed the pregnant women and ripped out the babies. They took little children and swung them against walls. Not everyone took part but the accusation against those who did not was “what did you do when others were killed? What did you do to prevent it? Did you think it was a game?”
Kimonye Healing and Reconciliation meeting.
This man killed 15 people in his village including the husband of the woman in the right hand photograph (click images to enlarge).
This man killed 15 people in his village including the husband of the woman in the right hand photograph (click images to enlarge).
