The uniqueness of CARSA in fostering unity and resilience between genocide survivors and their offenders
This is Mr. Christophe Mbonyigabo's speech, Executive Director of CARSA alludes to how CARSA has availed October as a particular month for unity and resilience. It was a good time for the organization to look back and reflect on the Reconciliation Cell Groups and see how they are truly restoring their broken unity, rebuilding their relationships, and moving toward sustainable peacebuilding and development.
CARSA exists to support communities in their journey toward healing, forgiveness, reconciliation, and sustainable holistic development. In this regard, this whole month we have worked with local leaders on different levels of the community, genocide survivors, and ex-perpetrators, as well as worked hand in hand with the youth, their school leaders, and their parents.
We have brought together genocide survivors and perpetrators and assisted them with opportunities for welfare in various peace-building initiatives to live a life where they are free from the bondage of shame, unforgiveness, hatred, revenge, and genocide ideology so that they can become contributing members of the New Rwanda, where all people regard themselves as Rwandans, not as communities identified and separated by ethnicity.
Through Peace Clubs, we helped children go beyond the prejudices inherited from their families and learn to solve conflicts in a constructive way. This helps each member of the peace club feel included, be part of the big picture of building peace in their areas, and develop character to enable them to be a source and agent of the holistic transformation of the nation.
Click the below link to watch the full video of CARSA’s Executive Director talking about key activities done in October, a month that has been specifically dedicated to reflecting on unity and resilience.
This is Mr. Christophe Mbonyigabo's speech about how CARSA avails October as a particular month for unity and resilience. It was a good time for us to look back and reflect on our Reconciliation Cell Groups and see how they are doing to truly restore their broken unity, restore their relationships, and move toward sustainable peacebuilding and development.
