Mental Health

Give to Gain: Ending Gender-Based Violence by Healing the Invisible Wounds.

Every year on March 8, the world pauses to celebrate women. We honor their leadership, applaud their resilience, and measure our collective progress toward equality. But through my work with the Nyomora Foundation, I have come to realize a sobering truth: Celebration without healing is incomplete. As we observe International Women’s Day 2026 under the […]

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Behind the Numbers: Healing Rwanda’s Mind, One Story at a Time

The recent 2023-2024 annual report from the Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital serves as both a wake-up call and a sign of progress in Rwanda’s mental health journey. With 101,811 total patients and a 6.3% increase compared to the previous year, the data shows a growing number of Rwandans seeking mental and neurological care. This rise

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No Teen Left Behind: Rwanda’s Journey Toward Mental Health Equity

August marks Teen Mental Health Month, a crucial period to focus on adolescent mental well-being. In Rwanda, approximately over 30% of youth aged 14–25 experience mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, and PTSD. The lingering effects of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, combined with contemporary pressures such as poverty, academic stress, social media addiction,

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Understanding Our History, and Fighting for a Reunited Future.

Human rights watch in article 4 of February 2004, defined Genocide as a crime committed withthe intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part. Ideology isa system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theoryand policy. An ideology can be also

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