My name is Deborah IMANISHIMWE, i am 18. my disability is about my light arm. My light arm does not function and I use my left one. I really thank God for the way he protected me and my house. Ni Uwacu Foundation became my second family because it’s where I have brothers and sisters. Through Ni Uwacu Program I got my joy which didn’t find before being Ni Uwacu member.
It was very difficult to me to go to school not because of limited financial means but the way my family treated me. They used to tell me that I am nothing and I can’t study because even if I finish my schools I can do nothing. Ni Uwacu helped my parents to understand that my disability can’t stop me being an important person among the society. Through Ni Uwacu teachings my parents understood that God himself created me as I am for Purpose. God can use me as I am for his glory.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel Dushime
I am 13 years old. I was born from the very poor family where my parents were not able to do anything for me because they couldn’t even get food for the family. I was born with the problem of back bones where I couldn’t move. And it took a longtime to be able to stand up because i started to stand up at seven age.
I was maltreated in the family because even my parents were not proud of having a child like me.
My parents worked as much as they can but they also have an other problem of loving beer; which means that even the few money they got, they used it for drinking beer. Neighbors used to feed me because when my parents went to work they left me circulating/wandering in neighbors’ homes.
This last year (2024) my father died accidently and i thought that the life is going to get ended because even if he was not able to provide but he wouldn’t miss at least one day a week of bringing something to eat. Though he died in that way, God keeps being with us and nothing bad happened as the consequence of my father’s death.
Through Ni Uwacu Foundation and their teachings, now I am studying, my mother sees me as a good child like normal ones. Now I have a hope that God will give me the required things to let the world know that God did not create me accidently.
Christoph
Christoph NIYOGISUBIZO
