Don’t know when I’ll be back again… Which is what makes leaving Rwanda so difficult. 

In our final meeting, Kabera pulled out an invitation from a large folder.  “It is

Kabera, the National Coordinator of the Association des Etudiants et Eleves Rescapes du Genocide (AERG),

Check out this interesting article about Benoit Kabayiza, a Rwandan man, accused of genocide, living

Listen to the testimony of Denise, the Executive Secretary of DUHARANIREKUBAHO (Fight for Survival) and

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4KLCCf0yQ0 Albert Gasake, the coordinator of DUHARANIREKUBAHO, shares the story of his family during the

Yesterday morning, I traveled to Butare to meet with Albert Gasake.  I thought it would

Mussolini and Francis, one of his ALSAR colleagues who is also a landmine survivor, met

You can really never have enough of ENOUGH.  So, I was delighted when my former

After a six hour bus ride with a driver who was having a love affair

Given some of the issues I’ve been learning about and seeing firsthand in Rwanda (as

Last weekend, I traveled with fellow Survivor Corps Africa fellows, Bryan and Laura, to Gisenyi

Cirque du Soleil a la Gisenyi Walking back from a day at the beach, we

While the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum made headlines across the world earlier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iiyu1tJBxJc Last Friday, I met with Adelite Mukamana, the Coordinator for IBUKA’s Department of Trauma

“They cut my brother with a machete.  He was bleeding everywhere.  He came to me,

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6TKezCUXhI On Saturday, Muhire took my friend, Marie, my roommate Parker, and me to a

“We can’t punish them without thinking about their future and the future of our country,”

Regular readers of this blog will remember Mussolini’s story.  As a landmine survivor, Mussolini struggles

“Vous êtes un survivant?” I asked Consolée Mukeshimana.  During my time in Rwanda, speaking with

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4M0pu4vePs On Wednesday, Kabera invited me to join him on a site visit to the

“Justice, which is the end of law, is the ideal compromise between the activities of

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsI3Gcuo2tI Above is a video interview with Emilienne Mukansoro, a genocide survivor and a trauma

“Once I know the truth, I can forgive,” Albert told me a few weeks ago. 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aijCEkpzOqI Better late than never, here’s my video profile…

On the day that my shower in Kigali did not provide hot water, my hosts

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4flLMv4Ta6k Meet Albert Nzamukwereka, the Country Program Coordinator for Survivor Corps Rwanda.  In this video,

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aAdk9UiMzs Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit Women for Women in Rwanda.  As readers

In 1993, when Eugine Mussolini was fifteen years old, he stepped on a landmine while

This morning Albert and I got his new Survivor Corps blog up and running.  It’s

Before I arrived in Kigali, many people told me that Rwandese are reserved and unfriendly. 

I’ve been working with AERG on their web site and blog and it’s really coming

A placard from the Kigali Memorial captures much of what I’ve been wondering about since

Genocide memorials are inevitably heartwrenching and always difficult to visit, but I was not prepared

“Do you like hip hop?” Kabera (formerly known to blog readers as Jean-Paul; he told

Today, my thoughts have been with my friends and colleagues at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial

Each year, my father and I participate in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s “Out

As my visit with Jean-Paul brought me back to my time at the U.S. Holocaust

Jean-Paul runs the Association des Etudiants et Elèves des Rescapés du Génocide (AERG). As a

Albert, my Survivor Corps boss in Rwanda, took me home to meet his lovely family

Today was my first full day of work.  I took the bus into mumugyi (town)

“Look! It’s Africa!” I am finally about to drift into a wine induced slumber (wine

Rwanda is the land of a thousand hills. Or so I’m told. I’ve also been