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.
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?
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 […]