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The 1994 genocide against Tutsis vulnerable survivors in Bugesera district decry lack of accommodation and they want the district administration to step in and help them get accommodation before the problem gets worse.

Louis Rwagaju the mayor of Bugesera district

This was discussed during the general assembly of Ibuka in Bugesera district that convened in Nyamata sector on the 3^rd.Jan.2013 when the coordinators of Ibuka in all sectors of Bugesera district presented the big problems affecting genocide survivors who are poor.

One of the big problems that are affecting the genocide survivors is lack of accommodation where some have none, others are in semi built houses and others got destroyed as John Rwikangura the coordinator of Ibuka in Bugesera district explained.

“in 2012, about 96 houses were built which were worth Rwf300 million and in 2013, about 70 houses will be built which will be worth Rwf270million and 54 houses will be remaining to be built plus 476 houses that need to renovated for the problem of accommodation among the needy genocide survivors to be completely solved.

As well as Ibuka, the Bugesera district administration is also concerned by this problem of lack of accommodation for the needy genocide survivors. The district has a plan of building accommodations for these genocide survivors through the district’s economic budget for the economic year 2012/2013 and this is already under the process though local people will participate through community work as Louis Rwagaju the mayor explained.

“In this year 2013, people with no accommodation will get where to stay in the 70 houses under construction, this will move along renovation of the destroyed houses and this is going to be done sooner” the mayor explained.

In this meeting, the problem of genocide survivors who were put in the class of people who are capable of supporting themselves according to Ubudehe social stratification was also discussed. These people were initially supported in FARG in paying for medical insurance need this issue to be reviewed as it is becoming difficult for them to pay for medical insurances.

The mayor advised people with this problem to talk to the committees of justice in the sectors to address their problems.

Uhagarariye Ibuka mu karere ka Gisagara aravuga ko umutekano w’abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi muri mata 1994 mu Rwanda ukwiye kwitabwaho ku buryo bwihariye bitewe n’uko bakunze guhura n’ibibahungabanya kurusha abandi bivuye ku mibereho barimo.

Bwana Emmanuel UWIRINGIYIMANA uhagarariye umuryango Ibuka mu karere ka Gisagara aravuga ko aba bantu barokotse Jenoside bakunze guhura n’ibibazo bitandukanye bitewe n’uko bamwe babaye incike bakaba ntabantu babana bityo abajura bakababonera, cyangwa se abandi bakaba imfubyi zirera nabo bikaba uko cyangwa bakabaho bafite ubwoba kubera ko nyine bari bonyine.

Aragira ati”Biroroshye kugirango umujura cyangwa umugizi wa nabi atere umuntu wibana kuko aba azi ko ntawe bari kumwe, ibi rero bikaba bigaragara cyane ku bantu barokotse bagiye basigara bonyi. Mbona rero bishobotse umutekano wabo wakwitabwaho byihariye, muri buri gace bakamenya abantu babo bibana bakababa hafi”

Ibi kandi bwana Emmanuel yabivuze ahereye ku iyicwa ry’umukecuru riherutse kuba mu murenge wa Save, akavuga ko ahanini umugizi wa nabi yorohewe n’igikorwa cye kibi kuko umukecuru yari wenyine n’ubwo yari afite umwana w’umuturanyi uza ku muraza, uwamwishe akaba yaracunze umwana wamurazaga ataraza akaba aribwo aza.

Si uyu muyobozi wa Ibuka uvuga ko aba bantu bakeneye umutekano wihariye gusa kuko n’abaturage ubwabo baravuga ko ari ngobwa ko bitabwaho kurusha abandi kuko ngo bakekako akenshi basuzugurwa kuko batagira imiryango.

MUKARUTAMU Rose ni umupfakazi mu murenge wa Save aragira ati “Mbona byaba byiza usibye n’ubuyobozi n’abaturage bagenzi bacu badushyigikiye bakatuba hafi kuko hari igihe abantu batwoneshereza cyangwa nk’abana bakatwangiriza tugaceceka kuko tuba dukekako babikora baterwa n’uko babona turi abantu bari aho bonyine basuzuguritse. Biroroshye kandi ko abantu banyiba ntaha kuko ntawundi tubana. Bajye badufasha batube hafi rwose”

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Gisagara bwana Leandre KAREKEZI nawe yavuze ko aba bantu bakwiye kwitabwaho inzego zo hasi zikamenya abantu bibana muri rusange bagacungirwa umutekano ku buryo bwihariye, kuri ubu ngo bikaba bimaze guhagurukirwa.

Dr. Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu, president of Ibuka foundation has asks genocide survivors to go back to their places of origin and promote development, saying the economic growth of their area depends on their activeness.

Ibuka President resolved this on July 22^nd 2012 during an event to lay to rest 407 bodies if 1994 Tutsi genocide victims in Musanze district.

Dr. Dusingizemungu stresses: “Be confident, come back here and start projects like staring up schools, hospitals and do tourism businesses like others. The governor and the district mayor will make it easier for you to start businesses. ”.

He added that genocide survivors of Musanze but living outside the district should go back and compete with others on market. There are a lot of opportunities here that one can invest in and become rich, says Ibuka foundation president.

Genocide survivors reveal that genocide in Musanze started in 1991 where Tutsi “Abagogwe” were killed on grounds that they are related to “Ikotanyi”.

On April 7^th 1994, “Abagogwe” were killed to an extent that two children and those that had not spent a night at home were spared, lament Musanze genocide survivors.

Some of the Abagogwe bodies are buried in Busogo genocide memorial centre in Musanze district while other bodies of their genocide victim loved ones are not yet found.

Umuyobozi w’umuryango IBUKA urengera inyungu z’abacitse ku icumu mu karere ka Kayonza, Munyabuhoro Ignace, avuga ko abacitse ku icumu bahangayikishijwe n’uko inka borojwe ziri gupfa cyane.

Mu murenge wa Rukara, hari hatanzwe inka 13, ariko kugeza ubu eshatu muri zo zarapfuye, indi imwe na yo ikaba yarahumye ku buryo hari impungenge ko na yo ishobora gupfa nk’uko Burakari Jean de Dieu, umuyobozi wa IBUKA wungirije ku rwego rw’akarere ka Kayonza abivuga.

Burakari ukurikirana ibikorwa bya IBUKA mu mirenge ya Rukara na Murundi mu karere ka Kayonza, anavuga ko mu murenge wa Murundi abacitse ku icumu bari borojwe inka zirindwi, ariko eshatu muri zo zikaba zimaze gupfa.

Munyabuhoro avuga ko izo nka zorojwe abacitse ku icumu zavanwe hanze y’u Rwanda. Yongeraho ko uretse kuba zigera mu Rwanda zinaniwe kubera urugendo ziba zakoze bikaba byaziviramo gupfa, binashoboka ko kutamenyera imiterere y’akarere ka Kayonza bizigora ku buryo byaba ari imwe mu mpamvu izitera gupfa.

Yavuze ko inka zorozwa abacitse ku icumu ziguriwe mu baturanyi babo byaba byiza kurushaho kuko ziba zizwi kandi zinamenyereye agace ababa bagomba kuzorozwa batuyemo.

Yagize ati “Ziriya nka zavuye hanze y’u Rwanda, buriya iyo baza kugura inka mu baturage byajyaga kuba byiza kuko ziba zizwi kandi zinamenyereye aho ziri, ntekereza ko zitari gupfa cyane nk’uko byagenze”

Ubwo abacitse ku icumu bubakirwaga ibiraro byo kororeramo inka, abaturage ngo bagiye bareba umuntu w’inyangamugayo bakaba ari we bahitamo kugira ngo abubakire ibyo biraro. Munyabuhoro avuga ko ubwo buryo iyo bunifashishwa no mu kugura inka, hatari gupfa nyinshi nk’izimaze gupfa.

Cyakora ngo hari n’indi mbogamizi y’uko izo nka zidakunze gukurikiranwa n’abaganga ngo bamenye ibibazo zifite bkugira ngo ubuzima bwa zo bubashe kubungabungwa mbere y’uko zipfa nk’uko Burakari abivuga.

some of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi survivors in Kabgayi in Muhanga district in the Southern Province of Rwanda said that they would like to have a place they can testify to their most difficult situations during the genocide to ease the pain in their hearts but in secrecy.

One of the people who survived at Kabgayi said that during the genocide, many women and girls experienced many traumatic experiences and they wish to have trusted people to talk to about such things so as to ease their pain.

“Some of us women were raped and others were defiled and others were raped with clubs and we wish we could have people to listen to us because we can’t testify about such things anywhere, we wish we could get a secret and trusted place where we could talk about our burdens and maybe we can be relieved.” She stressed.

Janvier Forongo The executive secretary of Ibuka said that this place should be introduced so as to make people who had traumatic experiences to ease them and move on with their lives.

Forongo said Ibuka prepared these places and in almost all sectors in the country there Are Ibuka and AVEGA workers who were trained about listening to people that were hurt and had traumatic experiences in the genocide.

He asked genocide survivors that were traumatized to trust them and give them their testimonies. He also said that because most women and girls were mistreated during the genocide and that’s why they have a day to remember women and girls that were killed during the genocide.

Such a function will be held in Kibirizi in Nyanza district where 350 women were killed and one place where the majority women killed in Rwanda. Alphonse Munyantwari the governor of Southern Province of Rwanda said that Rwandans should help each other to heal because where there is a problem, a solution can be found.

In the year 1994, Rwanda faced one of the worst human tragedies in the history. Over a million Tutsis were massacred in just a hundred days.

Repercussions of such an experience are diverse and challenging; one of them is raising orphans whose parents were victims of that deadly act.

In an event to mourn genocide victims this year 2012, Gisagara district IBUKA coordinator raised concerns about genocide orphans social needs. This event took place on 20^th April 2012 with residents of Mugombwa, Muganza and Mukindo sectors present.

Mr Emmanuel Nshimiyimana the IBUKA representative said that “Orphans live in their homes alone, which houses they close for 3 months while they left for school. On their way back from school, they are entangled in loneliness, insufficient funds and sorrow of their lost dear ones.”

“They too need to have child basic necessities and counselling services.” Added the representative

Such problems have often let down performance in class thus living them with low grades to pursue further in education under both government and FARG sponsorship.

Minister of sports and culture, Protais Mitali who was the chief guest responded to the posed wishes by saying that he will do advocacy for them wherever possible.

He also reminded all Rwandans that such Orphans’ problems should be a responsibility of every Rwandan as the government can never solve them alone.

Dusingizemungu Jean Pierre umuyobozi wa Ibuka

Ubuyobizi bw’umuryango uharanira inyungu z’abacitse ku icumu rya jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu mwaka w’ 1994 “Ibuka” irasaba abana b’impfubyi zirera gukomeza kwiyubakamo icyizere baharanira ejo hazaza heza.

Dusingizemungu Jean Pierre umuyobozi wa Ibuka, ashimira abana bagerageje ubutwari bwo guhangana n’ibibazo bya jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu 1994, akaba abasaba ko bakomeza intego biyemeje kugirango ubuzima bwabo bw’ejo hazaza buzarusheho kuba bwiza.

Kugeza ubu mu gihugu habarirwa imiryango y’abana birera ibihumbi 7000, irimo abantu bagera ku bihumbi 20.

Uretse kuba aba bana baragiye bahura n’ubuzima bukomeye mu kubaka ingo zabo, ubu ngo bamaze kugenda batera imbere haba mu mibereho no mu myigire; nk’uko bitangazwa na Rwamasirabo Roge umuyobozi w’umuryango w’abana birera AOCM.

Rwamasirabo avuga ko aba bana bagiye bahura n’ubuzima bukomeye burimo kuba bamwe, barahagaritse amashuri yabo bakiyemeza kurera barumuna babo.

Icyakora ngo umuryango AOCM wagiye ubafasha mu bikorwa byinshi birimo kwigisha imyuga abatarashoboye kugira amahirwe yo gukomeza amashuri yabo. Abandi ibashakira uburyo bw’imibereho.

Kugeza ubu umuryango wa AOCM ukorera mu turere 27, ukaba umaze kubakira imiryango y’abana birera amazu agera kuri 450.

Uyu muryango kandi ugenda ukorera ubuvugizi abana birera bambuwe imitungo y’ababyeyi babo mu nzego zitandukanye ngo bayisubizwe.

Ibuka in Rulindo district is calling for special treatment for those with chronic diseases resulting from the 1994 genocide against Tutsi.

The leadership of Ibuka in Rulindo district said that though genocide survivors who cannot support themselves are given medicine, there is special treatment and medicine that should be given to those with difficult and chronic diseases.

Eric Rubayita the director of Ibuka in Rulindo district said, “There is a need for special treatment to the people that got chronic diseases due to the genocide, and if nothing is done soon, some people might lose their lives when we still need them”.

He said that there is a way that they are preparing a way for people to get services from big hospitals since some of these diseases are curable.

He thanked FARG that supports and helps genocide survivors who are not able to support themselves in accommodation, education and in medical care.

Nyabihu Genocide Orphans giving testimonies

The 1994 Genocide against Tutsis left so many problems to the Rwandan society, after they massacred more than a million people, living thousands of Orphans whose parents’ homes had also been demolished.

Nyabihu district is also among many other districts of Rwanda that faced with such Genocide repercussions.

Ibuka representative in Nyabihu, Anastase Juru said that there are a number of projects that are currently under way to support such orphans.

One of the activities is building a home to 7 homeless Orphans, 4 girls and 3 boys whose parents were brutally murdered in the mayhem that occurred in the land of a thousand hills back in the year 1994.

The 7 Orphans who once resided at APEREL School later lived in a government rent house till today, but the Ibuka representative promises them to own in house of their own this time.

Nyabihu residents have also had a hand in contributing to support of such Genocide survivors as they contributed 12 Million Rwandan francs to such projects.

The Ibuka representative ended his remarks by thanking Itorero for their support and Nyabihu residents for their continued partnership in supporting Genocide victims.