There are many times in life that we can’t choose what happens to us but most of the time we can choose how we deal with life’s circumstances. Tonight I met an extraordinary woman. Christine Uwase has risen above some of the most devastating events imaginable to create a bright future.
“We were hunted,” she continues softly. For days the terrified family of five children had hidden in their Kigali neighborhood before the Interahamwe (a civilian death squad) murdered their mother.
Fueled by tribal hatred, these violent gangs used guns and machetes to kill an estimated 1 million people during Rwanda’s April 1994 genocide.
Christine’s father was traveling with his civil service job when the killing began. Christine says, “To this day we do not know his whereabouts.”
The family can only assume he was murdered during the genocide.
Meeting this inspiring young woman was a real honour and has been one of the great highlights of my trip to East Africa.
Let me encourage you to take a few minutes to watch the video of Christine’s story and be inspired too.
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