Every society has historical, cultural, social, psychological and political repels that drive everything in it and also define the relationships between its members. Well, in Rwanda, it’s the history of the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994, that left various…
When Never Again Rwanda was first formed 24 years ago, part of its goal was to create a space for all Rwandans regardless of origin or ethnicity to be able to discuss and share their experiences and wounds with one…
There has been both a national and global call to prioritize youth in the development agenda, a call that has been lauded by many. However, even before this call was made, Never Again Rwanda, from its inception in 2002, was an…
“I used to ask myself if I had any reason to live, life didn’t make any sense to me, I lived a somber and tearful life because of the wounds I carried with me each day, but now I have…
One of Never Again Rwanda’s main goals, as largely expressed by its Societal Healing and Participatory Governance for Peace Program, is to promote involvement in governance, the solving of conflict through dialogue and discussions of past trauma amongst youth. This…
‘Inzira Nziza’ influences change in Save sector, as youth create positive initiatives Upon the completion of the training, as young people went back to their societies, they started by identifying the daunting issues in their communities. Owing to what they…
On the 3rd of April 2018, Never Again Rwanda hosted a national conference with an aim to establish a platform for the Rwandan youth and other key stakeholders to discuss and provide input into the national policy and practice for commemoration of the…
In 2015 January, I got shortlisted to do an interview for the post of a peacebuilding Coordinator at Never Again Rwanda which I saw as an opportunity to gain a deeper practical experience in peace building though I had studied…
One may ask: Why does gender matter for Never Again Rwanda and Interpeace in their peacebuilding interventions? Why is it necessary to engage the media in this process? In fact, men and women have different experiences of violent conflicts, war…
Never Again Rwanda, in partnership with International Alert through the support of the Swedish Embassy in DRC, hosted young people from Rwanda and DR Congo as part of a 2-day joint exchange on stereotypes and manipulation in the Great Lakes…