"Damas Gisimba continues to remain a shining light for Rwanda but also for the rest of the world. He is a real hero and as such, demonstrates to all people how to live as a human being," @JonathanSalt, a teacher of Religion in the UK, on Gisimba's legacy.https://t.co/IrC0A4Qx2y
"Damas Gisimba continues to remain a shining light for Rwanda but also for the rest of the world. He is a real hero and as such, demonstrates to all people how to live as a human being," @JonathanSalt, a teacher of Religion in the UK, on Gisimba's legacy.https://t.co/IrC0A4Qx2y
As we continue to mark #RefugeeWeek2023, let us remember that refugees are human first & let us stand together against all causes of exile & forced migration. Let us stand in solidarity with refugees everywhere, particularly those in dangerous and inhumane conditions. #Compassion
The bravery of Damas Gisimba -- a true Rwandan hero -- who saved so many orphans in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, was extraordinary. Jonathan Salt, a teacher in Peterborough, has researched and written a book on his life. It is a remarkable story.
AN EMOTIONAL and fitting farewell has been paid to Damas Mutezintare Gisimba, the man known as the 'Rwandan hero' due to his extraordinary acts of saving more than 400 lives of children and adults during the 1994 Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in Rwanda. RIP Grand-frère!
A UNICEF team arrived in Rwanda in July 1994 and an early report estimated 300,000 children murdered by the genocidal forces of Hutu Power. There were 100,000 children separated from families, orphaned, abducted, or abandoned. Children were terrorised and traumatised.@unicefrw
Rusesabagina is little more than an opportunist during the Genocide against Tutsi & admitted terrorist leader. Why do organisation such as below believe that Black Lives don’t matter if they are African? Do the families of those who lost from Rusesabagina not matter to them?
JUST IN: The Kigali Convention Centre dome lits in red, white and blue tonight as #Rwanda joins the United Kingdom for a moment of national reflection in honour of Queen Elisabeth II.
Got served in H&M by a lad in y12, he told me "I got a 9 in maths, thanks to you"
I said "I only taught you in y8 & 9!"
He said "but I loved your lessons"
Sometimes you just need to hear it 🥰
Behind the scenes at Westminster Hall where Queen Elizabeth II is Lying-in-State.
The guards who stand vigil at the coffin take a break in a back room.
Today was the anniversary of the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland. The Second World War began with a Nazi-Soviet alliance. It is illegal to say so in Russia. In Germany, where people are free to reflect upon this, it would not be a bad idea to do so.
We should commemorate the Queen’s service and commitment to Britain internationally in a way that changes lives. Let’s create a Queen’s Development Agency charged with spending at least 0.7 % of British GDP in the most practical + flexible support for the world’s very poorest.