Innocent Mugenga

Innocent Mugenga

I’m 13 years old and I live at FIDESCO. I come from the street.

I was encouraged by fellow kids to come to Kigali.  During that time, I got caught by security guards, and my two friends and me were taken to a place where kids who have nowhere to stay are put.

I have my mom.  My dad lives in another country. I have only one arm. I lost my left arm in an accident.

But I love to dance, though there some moves which I cannot do perfectly because of my lost arm.  I really believe I can dance.…

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Eliphase Irasubiza

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I’m 12 years old, and I live at FIDESCO.

I have my two parents. My dad is a local house builder, and my mom sells fruit on the street. I have one brother and two sisters.  My elder brother and one sister go to school.

I was so stubborn at school that I used to fight all the time. One time, I fought with my friend and beat him, and he started bleeding, so I ran away to the street because I thought they would follow me, and at home they were fed up with me. I lived on the street for some time and I got caught by the police.…

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Jean Cloud Hakizimana

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I’m 14 years old, and I live at FIDESCO.

I was 12 years old when I moved to the street. I was encouraged by my fellow peers.  We used to steal things from people, but whenever I could go back home they would beat me.  I then decided to go and live on the street and I could only steal. I used to break people’s cars and steal things in there.  All this life I lived on the street. I got caught and I was taken to a place where they keep kids who have nowhere to stay and that’s where FIDESCO found me.…

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Patrick Bihoyiki

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I’m 12 years old and I live at Fidesco. I’ve been here for a year.

My father left my mom and married another wife, and he left us with nothing.

My mom is very poor so I ended up on the street because I had to look for a way to survive.

My mom has 4 other kids.  I’m the first born. My dream is to become a professional dancer.

I’m so happy that I joined the RDDC program and I want to continue. I really want to become a good person and change my behavior.  I wish all the kids around the world would be successful in all that they do for their future.…

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Assumpta Umutesi

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I am 19 years old.  I live in Kigali.  I know about FIDESCO and this program because the Director of FIDESCO is the father of one of my schoolmates.

I grew up in KABUGA village.  After the genocide, I left the Western Province where I was living and somehow ended up in an orphanage.  I was three years old at that time, so I don’t remember anything.  From 1994 to 2001, I lived there and it was a good life.  They cared for me and we were educated.

 

But, in 2001, the orphanage closed.  They asked families to take the children. …

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