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”.
17.04.2024
Words aren’t always necessary to express everything. Cathie hardly speaks, yet no one conveys gratitude quite like she does.
A severe stroke took away her ease of animating stories and memories with colorful narratives. At the Kabuga hospice, everyone understands how to listen to those who cannot speak. Here, everyone understands the language of pain, but they also teach a new language of friendship and care, previously unknown to many. Cathie gets it now. She knows where she is. Thirty years ago, during the genocide, she lost everyone she loved. Here, she has learned that one does not have to die in pain; one can live fully until the very end.
Cathie’s eyes, her smile, and her handshake say it all. She is grateful for every day you have given her.
Can she count on another one?
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 […]