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.
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 air here becomes thick with humidity. The sound of rain and screams. Except now, Christine hears the screams only in her head. Just as vivid, just as terrifying.
Exactly 30 years ago, on April 7, 1994, the genocide in Rwanda began.
“Hell is empty today. All the devils are in Rwanda,” said one of the missionaries, a witness to those events.
We’re not here to dwell on evil. Good Factory is about transforming despair into hope. Here, for 11 years, the Sisters of Angels have been doing just that, running the country’s first and only hospice.
We can’t cure death, but we can fight to ensure that people in the terminal stages of AIDS or cancer don’t die from hunger or in pain. There’s been enough suffering here!
Thank you for every day of care you’ve donated through GoodWorks24/7 for patients in our hospice.
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 […]
