Rwanda is one of the smallest countries on the African continent and also the most densely populated. There are about 525 inhabitants per square kilometre! Because of its natural landscape, Rwanda is known as the “land of a thousand hills”, and because of its history, also the “land of a thousand problems”.
18.05.2021
Marie Louise has been a patient of our hospice for three years. Paralyzed after a fall that resulted in spinal fractures in three places, she receives the best possible rehabilitation and comprehensive support from the Sisters of the Angels. At home, she wouldn’t be able to manage unassisted. Fortunately, she has found a home at Kabuga. She is happy to be here.
We recently noticed that she was acting quite sad. After several sleepless nights, she finally opened up to us and explained that she was worried about her mother, Agnes, who had been diagnosed with cancer. Marie Louise was hoping someone from the hospice would visit her mom to see if we could help her.
Sisters decided to bring Agnes to the hospice. Her house is located on a steep hill inaccessible even to the best off road vehicles, so getting her here was quite the logistical feat. The transport was successful and the mother and daughter reunited in Kabuga a few days ago. Despite serious health problems, both ladies are very happy to finally be together. They’re surrounded by wonderful people and experience little miracles every day.
If you would like to help us continue making miraculous things happen and support one of our hospice patients in Rwanda, visit Goodworks24 now! Here you can provide one day of hospice care for Marie Louise and her mother.
26.08.2025
An hour’s walk to school. Under a tattered uniform, notebooks that simply dissolve during the rainy season. Disappear. Education is not just learning to read and write. It’s the only lifeline you can grab when fate has been pulling you down since birth. It’s the promise that your story doesn’t have to be the same […]
23.05.2025
On Wednesday, 21 May 2025, a ceremony of special significance took place at the Presidential Palace. On Humanitarian Aid Day, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, honored people whose lives bear witness to extraordinary dedication to others. Among them was Sister Maria Piątek, director of the only hospice in Rwanda—run by the Polish Sisters of […]
11.02.2025
No one can tell another person what the meaning of life and suffering is. Each of us must find that answer on our own and take responsibility for it. To answer the question asked by Viktor Frankl: “What gives my life meaning?”. In Rwanda or Congo, few have read his bestselling book, yet somehow, every […]
