Saturday 2 June 2012

Rwanda | Nyamagabe: Action Aid workers visit Murambi Memorial Centre


Workers laying down flowers to the mass grave Rwanda | Nyamagabe: Action Aid workers visit Murambi Memorial Centre
Workers laying down flowers to the mass grave
 Action Aid workers in Rwanda has recently visited Murambi 1994 genocide against Tutsi memorial centre in a move to honour the victims.
During the visit, Action Aid workers were explained for history of Murambi memorial and witnessed survivors testify on how massacre was done in the place where the grave is built.
The testimony entailed how Tutsi from different corners of Murambi, gathered and hid at Murambi vocational school were brutally murdered by Interahamwe and soldiers.
Josephine Uwamariya, Director for ActioAid- Rwanda commented on what happened in Murambi as painful and said its everybody’s duty to build a better Rwanda.
Talking about bad leadership that killed what it should have protected, Uwamariya urged residents to learn from the history.
“We should learn from history and strive to prevent genocide from happening again in Rwanda or elsewhere in the world,” adds Uwamariya.
After the visit, Action Aid workers gave the contribution of Rwf200000.




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