Sandra was recently interviewed by Fanny Kiefer for Shaw TV Studio 4, and Randene Neill for Global TV BC Noon News Hour. Check out the videos below, and don’t forget to rate and subscribe to our YouTube channel!
Anne-Marie and Samer meet with Rwandan survivors whose testimonials will be showcased in our book. Here we meet Jeanette Uwimana, Faustin Kayihura, Marie Claire Uwera, Marie Jeanne Murekatete and Adela Mukamusonera, all beneficiaries of Solace Ministries.
In July 2008, Sandra and Anne-Marie interviewed Adela and Jeanette, Rwandan survivors of the genocide, for the book. Jessie Gakwandi and Doris Uwicyeza assisted with the translation between English and Kinyarwanda.
Faustin, Ernestine and Hyacintha sing with other survivors in a small village in Muyira, Rwanda, where they all live. Not many foreigners come this way and the children of the village had an entertaining time following Samer around. Their singing is infectious.
Jeanette with her family in her tiny home. Despite the fact that her four children share one tiny bed, Jeanette is better off than most of the other genocide survivors we have met.
Marie Louise is one of the women featured in our book and her portrait will be on the cover. She is a woman of amazing strength and courage, having survived a church massacre during the genocide in which 300 people perished.
One of the things that always amazes me when I go to Rwanda is the resilience of the genocide survivors. Despite losing everything, many of them love to sing and dance and have a great time.
After a ceremony last summer commemorating the end of the annual mourning period for victims of the genocide, our friend and colleague Ben took us on a tour of the memorial site housing mass graves and explains the history.
