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RWANDA MICRO ENTERPRISE
 
 
 
Our program in Rwanda is a micro enterprise program, but this one has a very special twist. Groups are formed, that range from sizes of 10-20, and the twist is that approximately half of the group is made up of women whose husbands were murdered during the genocide, and the other half are women who's husbands are accused of doing the murdering. So, these are widows of the genocide paired with the wives of the murderers. This ultimately has two goals: One, to provide the economic benefit that comes from micro enterprise and the choices it creates, and second, by pursuing a payroll and their dreams, together these women start to understand one another as human beings, without the filters, and this is our way of helping the process of reconciliation. We don't help the reconciliation by saying let's come together at the community center and talk about our differences and why we hate each other. We say: Come to a meeting, we want to talk to you about starting businesses together and eventually, who knows, maybe you guys will talk about your lives, hopes and dreams and understand each other not as Hutus and Tutsis, but as human beings.
 

 
     
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