Rwanda is one of the smallest countries on the African continent, and the most densely populated one. There are around 463 inhabitants per 1km2 here! Due to its natural landscape, Rwanda is sometimes referred to as a land of a thousand hills, and due to its history, also a 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.
07.04.2024
Christine screams at night, haunted by her nightmares. As April 7th approaches, she curls up into a ball and stays that way for the next week. 30 years ago, she lost everyone. Her husband, children, even neighbors. Memories tear the healed wounds wide open. The same thing repeats, year after year. In early April, the […]
22.01.2024
“Grandma, please get up, let’s eat something! Grandma!” Alarmed by the screams, the neighbors rushed to Félicité and her granddaughter Aline’s house. They found a terrified 14-year-old trying to wake up the unconscious senior. As they took the elderly lady to the hospital, Aline, who is hard of hearing, couldn’t understand their explanations. She screamed […]
18.08.2023
“We were frightened when she fell over. But the really chilling thing was the silence when, instead of crying, she didn’t get up. You could feel that the whole world was holding its breath. We only keep in touch with Melat’s dad via WhatsApp, as he has never stopped looking to the farthest corners of […]
