Source: (2009) Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice. 21(3): 330-338.
‘‘Not another article about a NGO [nongovernmental organization] in
Rwanda,’’ you might say. Just as the world ignored Rwanda in the
grips of the 1994 genocide, today, it’s hard to open a newspaper or
journal without finding a reflection on Rwanda post-genocide. So many
foreign NGOs are presently involved in rebuilding the country. That’s
why our newly registered Canadian charity, Just.Equipping (www.justequipping.
org), was hesitant to go and work in Rwanda in 2006, when
invited there by John Ngabo. What tipped the scales was the fact that
John is a prison chaplain and that prisons, although over-crowded with
prisoners, are not the preoccupation of most NGOs in Rwanda.
Just.Equipping is therefore a different type of NGO: working on a
number of projects, it equips and trains prisons chaplains, specifically,
in restorative justice modules. (Excerpt).
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