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The stories of survivors of the Rwandan Genocide
Half a million died in 100 days: neighbours attacked neighbours, children saw their families slaughtered. But 30 years on, many of the victims and perpetrators have forged reconciliations – even become friends. How did it happen?Half a million died in 100
In 2005, Dutch sociotherapist Cora Dekker developed an affordable, effective method in collaboration with the diocese of Byumba of the Anglican church. This approach, originally used by qualified staff in western clinics to treat military personnel and asylum seekers, was transformed into volunteer work involving trained therapists from local African communities. An organisation called CBS Rwanda and its partners have trained more than 1,000 grassroots volunteer therapists, who take an intensive seven-week course before working with pairs of people in their own village or neighbourhood.
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