Jackie grew up in a conflict family, reportedly hated by her mother. “I reached a level where I hated myself and wanted to commit suicide,” she said. She went from church to church to find solace but in vain, and her emotional distress and depression could not be relieved.

Augustine is a 40 years old male, married, with five children. He is working in the mines sector. Before attending our healing group, he told us that it was very hard for him to live in harmony with his family.

Theresa is 36 years old and single mother. Her son is 16 years old. In 2004, she got pregnant by a young man who later denied his fatherhood responsibility and rejected her. Her family rejected her as well. Her heart became heavy with sadness and from 2008 to 2011 her legs got paralyzed. She could not walk anymore.

Grace is married to a second husband who is now in prison. They had together 4 children. Unfortunately, 2 of them died during the 1994 genocide. Four of her five siblings died as well. Because of all those losses, Grace was always sad, lonely and crying almost every day. She used to wonder why she didn't die. “My life was like in hell, I had lost hope in life” she said. 

Judith is 32 years old, married with two children. She reported that she had a lower back problem after a complicated delivery of her second child at the referral center in Kigali. She couldn't lift or carry her baby on her back for at least 2 years. She couldn’t bend or do any work at home, she felt crippled.

Cecilia was 6 years old during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Her mother was raped by a gang of killers 4 times in front of her, and she was herself raped. Her father was killed and her mother died right after genocide.