Restoring Hope through Reconciliation Workshops

To date, over 80,000 genocide perpetrators have been released from prison back into the communities in which they committed their crimes. While the country is experiencing peace in daily life, many of Rwanda’s citizens continue to live in unreconciled relationships with each other – still experiencing the deep hatred, bitterness and fear that have been a part of their lives since the genocide. Supporting and mobilizing Rwanda's survivors and repentant perpetrators to experience healing and reconciliation is our priority. In addition, 120 of these reconciled individuals now work with Rwanda Partners as Reconciliation Ambassadors – spreading the message of forgiveness throughout their communities.

Rwanda Partners is transforming lives and communities through 3-day relational workshops that explore the dynamics of hatred and conflict alongside the unresolved issues that block forgiveness and repentance. Because forgiveness is not just a onetime event, Rwanda Partners also works in the following areas:

• Conducting follow up workshops and personal follow up visits with workshop participants to continue to work through any unresolved issues
• Forming Reconciliation Associations that bring repentant perpetrators and survivors who have gone through our workshops together to further cement forgiveness and a commitment to working together in their everyday lives.