The Imena Family is a genocide survivors organization whose members have been left alone as their close family members were wholly massacred during the Genocide against the Tutsi that took place in 1994.
As the Walk to Remember started…
Saturday 04, June, 2016, Imena family and its friends commemorated the genocide against the Tutsis in general but particularly the ones who are not yet buried in respectful way.
The event held at Kigali memorial site located in Gasabo, Gisozi, was attended by diverse people including the ones from three districts of Kigali city(Gasabo, Kicukiro and Nyarugenge), representatives other genocide survivors organizations such as GAERG, AERG, CNLG and IBUKA.
The most significant deed that characterized the event was the laying of flowers to three monuments upon which the names of the Tutsis whose bodies aren’t yet buried are written down.
Here are selected photos that give the glimpse of the whole event:
The Walk to Remember that started from the Kacyiru tax park towards the Gisozi memorial siteThe whole team that participated in the Walk to Remember going downstairs at the Gisozi memorial site
One of Imena family members provides the Vice Mayor of Kigali city Judith Kayigire with flowers to lay upon the tombs where massacred Tutsis are resting in peace.These three monuments have 150 names of the Tutsis that are not buried yetFidel Nsengiyaremye the executive coordinator on Imena FamilyImena Family comprises of young and old members who join efforts to raise each other’s upThis is the second time that Imena commemorates the Tutsis whose bodies are not found an buried yetImena family embodies 180 members some living in Rwanda while others live abroadReligious leaders were present to pray for the innocent massacred Tutsis to get rest in the arms of the Almighty GodThe Muslim representative was aroundEgide Nkuranga the vice president of the IBUKAFidel Nsengiyaremye delivered a message, urging that the names of the unburied ones should be revealed and written down to the monuments so to make them memorable foreverImena Family members and friends attended significantly the commemoration event
The survivor who delivered her massage touched people’s hearts and some of them went emotional
Her witness over the killings and other torturing deeds reminded to some of the participants the reality they undergone.Papa Imena listening to the witness delivered by Jocelyne NyinawumuntuSome did not manage to control their emotions over the hard-to-digest testimony delivered by NyinawumuntuAfter all, Imena family is composed of happy peopleJudith Kazayire the vice mayor of Kigali cityThis young girl is a daughter of one of Imena family members. The offspring of Imena family members are called ‘Uruhongore’Uruhongore members are hopeful for a bright futureNone can’t forget how it felt to have loving and doting family membersSinger Rwibutso, one of Imena family membersThey said the bright future is awaiting
