UNITY AND RECONCILIATION

This group has 73 members consisting of survivors, perpetrators, rescuers, bystanders and children. It was established in 2006 and it is located in Cyanika Sector.

Abashyize Hamwe is a women’s association composed of 11 genocide survivors (who are now widows, having lost their husbands during the genocide) and 20 women whose husbands have been detained for their alleged role in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

Abunze ubumwe association is composed of 20 members, including genocide survivors, the families of genocide perpetrators, people disadvantaged by history and bad leadership, as well as reformed community troublemakers (i.e. people who used to be thieves, etc.)

In 2003, PFI started a program about the importance of adopting a guilty plea at Gacaca and asking for forgiveness, dedicated to sensitizing prisoners who participated in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The program also targeted genocide survivors, encouraging them to forgive those who participated in the killings of their beloved ones.