by CBS Rwanda | February 25, 2020 | stories of change | 0 Comments

Kigali – Mvura Nkuvure (community-based sociotherapy) is an approach that uses the group as a therapeutic medium to enhance psychosocial wellbeing. It facilitates an open environment for discussions and the formation of peer-support structures. Mvura Nkuvure groups...

by CBS Rwanda | September 24, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

By Felibien H.T. After driving for one hour through the mountains of Karongi district on the shaky cobblestone road, we reached Murambi sector where sociotherapists and 14 sociotherapy participants had invited us to join their conviviality meeting. But the journey was...

by CBS Rwanda | July 8, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

The Community Based Sociotherapy (CBS Rwanda) received last month, an authorization from the Office of the Commissioner General/ Rwanda Correction Service (RCS), for the implementation of Mvura Nkuvure Project in five prisons. As part of the initial steps of the...

by cbs | April 2, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

This story tells how the relationship between two distant relatives, Marianne and Marc, was destroyed during the genocide, and how it was repaired through sociotherapy. The two grew up together as brother and sister. During the genocide, Marianne was hunted and her...

by CBS Rwanda | April 2, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

Story from Bugesera  My name is Paulo. I am 21 years old. I live in Nyamata, Bugesera District. Before joining the sociotherapy program, I was always very isolated and had a bad relationship with my parents. I grew up when my father was in prison. After he was...

by cbs | April 2, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

I found myself pregnant with my boyfriend, which was very traumatizing to me. I approached my boyfriend and informed him about the pregnancy. He immediately rejected me. As a consequence, I felt hopeless and developed a great fear. I was in a permanent feeling of...

by cbs | April 2, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

Stories from Muhanga Prison  My mother left my father when I was only two years old. I had no time to go to school, because I had to start working when I was very young to make sure we were able to survive. When I turned 16, I started to be in conflict with my father....

by cbs | March 29, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

My name is Elina. I am a widow and mother of 3 children. I was born in 1977 in Gatsibo district, but I grew up in Rulindo district with my mother.  I remember one particular Thursday in April 1994. My mother woke up early to go to Kigali to sell vegetables. However,...

by cbs | March 29, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

My name is Francois. I was born in 1964 in Muhanga district. I am married and a father of two children. Before the genocide, I was a farmer.. Although I participated in the genocide, I never truly had the intention inside my heart to do so.  When the genocide started,...

by cbs | March 29, 2019 | stories of change | 0 Comments

My name is Issa. I was born in 1997. Together with my mother and my three siblings I live in Rubavu district. During the genocide, my father killed people and looted their property. A couple of years later, my family went to a refugee camp in Congo. I never really...