Trauma Healing and Reconciliation in Rwanda

Dates: 25-27/03/2021,28^th/03/2021

Number of participants:16      Venue (area covered):  HROC Center

  Description of participants: These are new teachers, from all four schools that are partening with HROC, where by each new teacher has to go through HROC basic workshop, and then AVP. The four schools have received so more teachers, due to the expansion of the schools. Only two school use to have a mixture of primary and secondary schools. Since the year 2020, two more schools are now having the secondary schools. All these are requested to attend at least a basic HROC and AVP workshop, as the Head Teachers requested too, with the Secretary Officer of Education.

2.Testimonies of participants:

“Thank you so much for whoever organized this workshop”. I know how to heal from my grief, and how to build a broken trust. This will not only help me only, but my students and family in general. Olive

 “The Johari’s window was my favorite lesson into this workshop”. “I couldn’t believe there are things that other people may know about me and I don’t know them”. “This will give me the chance of reflecting on what feedbacks I receive from others. I normally interrupt people when they speak, but learned how to listen to others attentively”. “Through listening, one can heal from Trauma. Thank you so much HROC for the invitation to this workshop”. Innocent

 “I thought this is a usual workshop” I have attended so many workshops, but this one is very particular. I appreciate everything from here. “The methodology, facilitators, everything is easy to understand. “I have learned a lot” I can listen attentively, know the stages of grief, and I won’t judge others from their behaviors because they can be related to Trauma”. Xavier

Recommendations for way forward:

 1.More teachers who haven’t yet attended this kind of Workshop to come for it.

2.Train the local leaders to be aware of what trauma is.

3. Have more workshops concerning trauma and conflict resolution.

HROC-Rwanda Summary Report: October-December 2020

Introduction

With great pleasure, we share with you the summary of what we have been doing during these three months. It wasn’t easy, but you made us pushing and going on. The summary includes, Workshops done, HROC Center constructions, food relief, health insurance, and a thanking note.

Picture 1: Workshop at the HrocCenter,with teachers before going back to school after lock down due to covid-19. Alternative to violence program. “HROC Rwanda  is our refreshing place! More workshops to our fellow teachers," They added.

Picture 2: HROC workshop with HROC HIV/AIDS group. After coming together and forming a saving group, HROC through GlobalGiving provided a HROC basic workshop. “Problem shared, problem solved.” From there, they meet once a week at the HROC Center for the saving and the sharing their challenges.

Picture 3: HIV/AIDS benefiting from the food relief during the covid-19 hardships! All the 25 people from this group got the little food to survive including rice, beans, cooking oil, flour, cleaning soaps. This helped them to regain confidence and strengths.

Through GlobalGiving, Hroc Rwanda was able to provide Health Insurance to 200 hundred families, and 300 people got the year 2020-2021 Health Insurance.

Picture 4: Widows, vulnerables benefited from Health Insurance, Febronie.

Picture 5: One of the 300 hundred beneficiaries to Health Insurance, Nyirambagare, a widow. 

Picture 6: The dormitory at the HROC Center is almost done. We hope to accommodate people, including the HROC International Training participants. The ceiling is needed.

Thank you

We HROC Rwanda, are full of gratitude and glad to partner with you. You came in and brought another positive change.

HROC Rwanda,

Solange MANIRAGUHA