Healing Intergenerational Trauma in Rwanda - Lessons 30 years on
SEMINAR RECORDING - FUNDRAISING FOR GER-RWANDAContent notice - this page and the seminar mention disturbing acts committed during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
In 1994, over a period of 100 days, more than one million people were killed, and an estimated 250,000 women were raped during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
In 2016, the NGO Global Initiative for Environment and Reconciliation (GER Rwanda) partnered with CFOR, a UK-based peacebuilding charity using the Process Work methodology, to develop a range of programs aimed at supporting the reconciliation processes among Rwandans affected by the Genocide, fostering healing and collaboration to process history and build a better future.
Drawing on the valuable experience gained from projects like Beyond Conflict and Far in Far Out, survivors, perpetrators, and youth have come together to engage in dialogue, training, and mutual learning, addressing the impacts of the Genocide, reflecting on collective responsibilities to halt intergenerational trauma and its effects, and fostering a collaborative approach to sustainable solutions.
Their collective efforts aim to educate participants and partners about Rwanda's history, reconciliation process, resilience, and how the country serves as a model for reconciliation in our times.
Despite the positive impact of this work, it represents just a drop in the ocean of what is needed.
Youth constitute 75% of the Rwandan population and grapple with intergenerational trauma, a lack of historical knowledge about the Genocide, and challenges in communication with their parents due to trauma and shame.
There's a pressing need for more comprehensive solutions, with gender inequality, poverty, and family conflicts further compounding these challenges.
In this seminar, Innocent Musore, Founder and Executive Director of GER-Rwanda, shares what they have learned so far about interrupting the transmission of intergenerational trauma and how these reflections can support the work of other peacebuilding and healing organisations and practitioners around the world.
The seminar is for people:
- engaged in individual and/or group work with survivors of war, extreme violence, genocide
- interested in understanding more about intergenerational trauma
- working with migrant, refugee, and indigenous communities who experience or are at risk of intergenerational trauma
- interested in how Process Work is being applied to peacebuilding work.
PRESENTER - Innocent Musore
Founder and Executive Director of GER-Rwanda
Innocent is a seasoned facilitator and peace-building activist with over 15 years of experience in training, interactive workshops, and community interactions, focusing on individuals affected by conflicts and genocide in Rwanda and the Great Lakes regions. Trained by CFOR-Process Work UK in Leadership and Conflict Facilitation, Innocent has spearheaded various projects addressing climate resilience, nature conservation, gender, climate change, youth empowerment, and reconciliation.
Innocent’s expertise extends to facilitating interactions with diverse groups, including genocide survivors, perpetrators, refugees and youth affected by the genocide, such as those from perpetrators' families, individuals born as a result of rape, historically marginalized groups, and female victims of gender-based violence. Recognizing the specific impact on these individuals, Innocent is dedicated to his life's purpose of making a positive impact, continuously learning from his work, and ensuring that others benefit from it.
His vision is to contribute to existing reconciliation processes and holistic peacebuilding not only in Rwanda but also beyond.
If your organisation would like to discuss partnership or training opportunities with GER, you can contact them here.
THE DETAILS
Fees
The fee for this recording is $70 and is for individual viewing only.
If you would like to share the recording in your organisation, classroom, or group, please contact ANZPOP to find out the appropriate commercial rate.
All profits from recording sales go to support the work of GER-Rwanda. ANZPOP takes NO administration fees.
You can make additional donations via the GER-Rwanda webpage.
Refunds
There are no refunds on seminar recording purchases.
Time & Tech
The seminar is 2.5 hrs long.
It is hosted on YouTube so you have the option to slow down, speed up, pause etc the recording as you need to.
Learn more about GER
Learn more about the work for GER-Rwanda on their website and via this project report and this annual report.
Learn more about the work of CFOR all around the world on their website.
ANZPOP acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands we live and work on, the Aboriginal Australian, and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the Maori First Nations peoples. We pay respect to their elders across time. We give thanks for the Indigenous knowledge that has informed the Process Work approach. We honour the courage, resilience, and spirit of First Nations peoples to counter the ongoing impacts of colonisation on their culture, well-being, and sovereignty.
