Peace-building

Find out about CARSA’s peace-building programs like our Youth Peace Groups, Peace conferences, and Peace Clubs.

  • Peace Conferences

    Through this initiative, youth are equipped to carry forward the vision of a peaceful and united society. This initiative partners with schools in CARSA’s ministry locations to empower Rwanda's next generation to be key agents in the work of peacebuilding. By bringing together young people, genocide survivors, perpetrators, and rescuers (Abarinzi b’Igihango), these circles create a space for youth to intimately and personally engage with the true history of the genocide. It is a space to ask hard questions and reflect on the past, developing a strong moral character that internalizes the power of forgiveness, healing, and reconciliation

  • Youth Peace Groups

    -158 members total across 3 groups in Muhanga and Kaymoni districts

    -Groups do community activities like cultivating, gathering together resources to support genocide survivor needs, planting seedlings, and raising pigs

    -CARSA provides training about peacebuilding, takes students to visit the Kigali genocide memorial, and organizes savings groups

  • Peace Clubs

    -30 clubs established in 30 school

    -Size varies from 150-250 students in each club