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Healing Through Dialogue: Conflict Resolution Workshops in Congo and Rwanda

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This initiative involved 36 workshops for NGO staff members from diverse backgrounds, including former child soldiers, repatriated refugees, survivors of gender-based violence, and the Mbutu people of Congo. With 717 participants, the workshops focused on conflict resolution, forgiveness, and healing from the trauma of past genocides. Facilitated by a mixed team from Congo and Rwanda, the sessions provided a safe space for sharing experiences and fostering understanding among individuals deeply affected by cross-border conflicts and violence. Emphasis was placed on expressing emotions and overcoming fears, promoting collective healing.

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Healing Through Dialogue: Conflict Resolution Workshops in Congo and Rwanda

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  1. Statistics • 36 workshops • 32 Basics • 2 Advanced • 2 T for F

  2. Demographics • 717 participants • NGO staff members • Members of different religious groups • Former child soldiers • Repatriated refugees from Tanzania • Survivors of Gender Based Violence • Escapees of massacres • Mbutu people (pygmies)

  3. AVP Congo and Rwanda 2006Cross Border Conflict Resolution

  4. Context

  5. Issues • Facilitation Team • ½ Congolese, ½ Rwandan • Language • Kiswahili, Kinyarwanda, French • Security • To be home before night fall • Gacaca • Border closings

  6. AVP Advanced - Rwanda

  7. AVP Rwanda 2007 • Mixed Group • Escapees of the genocide • Ex-prisoners convicted of participating in genocide • Gacaca judges

  8. Anger • Ex-prisoner: “When I get angry I fight.” • Escapee: “You never people say I’m going to kill you, but they do.”

  9. Forgiveness • Ex-prisoner: “Do you have to wait for the person who did you wrong to come to you and ask forgiveness in order to forgive them?” • Escapee: “OF COURSE! I shouldn’t have to be the one to go to them. I can’t forgive anyone who isn’t willing to ask me.”

  10. Forgiveness • Ex-Prisoner: “It’s better if you forgive before anyone asks, because ex-prisoners carry too much fear and shame to ask the family members of people they killed for forgiveness.” • Escapee: “I remember hurt and hate and healing. I live with the people who killed my family. I am finding myself coming closer to forgiveness.”

  11. Forgiveness • “We are not to tell you to accept all the horrible things that had been done to you and your family. We are here to help you heal yourself from the great pain that you are experiencing, and to give you some tools that may help you along the way.”

  12. Madame Mumbly • Game – express yourself while not showing your teeth • Learnings • Physical injury so common after genocide • Missing limbs • Missing eyes • Missing teeth

  13. Gacaca Judge • “It is so important not to laugh when people are trying to express themselves, especially when their wounds are so bad around the mouth area that they can’t talk anymore. We need to remember that they weren’t created like this. These wounds were inflicted on them during the genocide.”

  14. Questions?

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