
My name is Eugenie and I was born in Rwanda-Kigali but today am living in the DRC. I have two children. When the 1994 genocide war broke out in Rwanda, I was living at my brother's home in Kigali when the Interahamwe (Hutu militia) came to kill our family because we are Tutsi. They killed everybody, but it is by the grace of God that I escaped. My husband is Congolese and convinced me to come to the DRC. But my father and mother in-law don't accept me nor do some Bukavu community members. One day I went to Amani's workshop to have some clothes made and I had the opportunity to share with Amani and Amini all the things I had been through since they speak my language (Kinyarwanda) and do not discriminate. They allowed me to register as a student in the workshop where I feel very much at home and where my children also come to play with their children.