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Central Africa Vision History
By Mutima B. Peter, President and Founder
The 1994 genocide of Rwanda was an unimaginable horror while it took place, with the world looking on and doing nothing to intervene. The killing of innocent people left 1 million people dead in 100 days. It not only killed physically, it killed many spiritually because many churches, synagogues and mosques participated one way or another in the killing. The entire infrastructure was destroyed. Teachers killed their students, pastors and priests led militias to finish their job in their churches and showed them where the members of their congregations were hiding. Thousand of believers asked for shelter in the churches knowing that the sacred places were traditionally not invaded. But this time they were just concentrated in the sanctuaries and easier prey for the killers.
Surprisingly, in 1997 when I took a trip to assess the damage, thousands of homeless children welcomed me on the streets of Kigali. Testimonies coming from men and women, pastors, priests and ordinary people led me to believe that the trust in the Neighborhood of Rwanda had been completely destroyed.
While I was walking the streets of Kigali, I passed near a hospital and saw a woman lying down....[Click Here To Read More]