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”.
30.08.2022
The hospice in Kabuga, the first and so far only one in Rwanda, is a place full of stories, laughter and tears. Our residents come here sometimes for several years and sometimes only for a few days – but it is thanks to you that they can live their last moments with dignity.
We want you to remember them. We asked them today what their advice is to the younger generation and what is most important to them. It is thanks to you that they can spend this time with a smile.
One day of a patient’s stay in our hospice costs around PLN 50. The hospice does not make any profit, but it has to cover the salaries of the staff (nurses and doctor), pay for electricity and water, food for the patients, care products and medicines. They could not afford even a fraction of such care themselves. By funding a day of care for the suffering and abandoned, we are saying to them: ‘You don’t have to worry about anything anymore’.
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 […]
