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.
03.10.2021
It is time to say goodbye to Albertine. She was very conscious about her passing. She died with a smile on her face and her last words were to the hospice staff: “You can go now. God is leading me to a beautiful peace’.
Our 17-year-old patient died a few moments ago. She left us a memory of extraordinary strength and courage in the fight against the disease, and of gratitude for every little gesture. We will remember her smile, the way she took joy in every single day.
Albertine was grateful to everyone she didn’t know but who helps the hospice and makes this place so special. Thank you for the opportunities, the medicines, for every day given to a patient at the hospice (you covered every day of Albertine’s stay). It is also thanks to you that Kabuga is not a place to die. Here one LIVES until the very end.
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 […]
