Fragments of families  -  visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial was eye-opening for all of the participants at peace camp. Among the powerful exhibits were wall-to-wall photos of family members who had been killed: a mom, a son, an aunt, a cousin...row after row of victims. One section contained photos of babies and young children. Each had …
a peace of change poems
Happy Easter, with love from Rwanda Think change is impossible? Be inspired by these Change Poems written by courageous youth as part of activities at Peace Camp 2012. Change Poem I was… hopeless. I remember… little children encouraged to kill. I heard… people calling others animal names. I saw… people mistreating their neighbours. I worried… about the …
a peace of commemoration
During April, Rwanda becomes the country of a thousand tears as the nation gathers to remember and mourn those tragic days when society failed - when over 800,000 (a conservative estimate) people were slaughtered in the Tutsi Genocide within a mere 100 days. The scale and intensity of this time remains unfathomable. And while today there's an uneasy peace, so much remains …
A Peace of Life 