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.
13.06.2024
Before coming to Kabuga, she went through a lot. She didn’t have the conditions to be sick, but the illness didn’t take that into account. Abandoned, lonely, and neglected, she experienced the cruelty of poverty and lack of independence. When she arrived in Kabuga, it was as if her life began again. The patients come […]
25.04.2024
“My dad died because he knew they would catch up with him anyway. He didn’t want to run. He didn’t have the strength for it. He preferred to end it where everything began.” Thirty years have passed since the Rwandan genocide. M. still loves dogs deeply, though dogs are rarely considered friends in Rwanda. She […]
24.04.2024
Hospice care is not about facing the end but about healing and guiding people back onto a path they can continue to follow. Take Teresa’s story, for instance—her experience at our Kabuga facility feels like winning a second chance at life. Having nearly reached her end following a severe stroke, she believes that without the […]
