I AM ASKING FOR ATTENTION TO MY CASE
I am Tami Loehrs, a widow who moved to Rwanda in 2023 with my husband's memory and $2,000,000USD to personally invest. I created Silverbacks Coffee, Silverback's Cafe and Silverback's Villas for the purpose of protecting the gorillas, giving back to communities in need and support education and sports. I purchased land, constructed buildings, bought from locals, created jobs, donated to schools and libraries and fed communities.
From the beginning, my business partner lied, embezzled hundreds of thousands of USD, kept land i purchased and stole my identity. The next person I trusted stole hundreds of thousands, ended my coffee company and forced me to close the Cafe. All together, I have lost over $500,000USD to fraud and theft at the hands of numerous Rwandans. In spite of paying over $50,000 to 6 different lawyers who took my money without providing services, threatened me, harassed me and forced me into agreements that benefited the criminals, and filing my cases with @RIB_Rw multiple times with stacks of evidence, I was ignored over and over again. To date, @RwandaDevBoard & land authorities have left me in limbo for 3 years with land I purchased still in the names of those who committed crimes against me. Even RRA misappropriated my tax money to pay for the taxes of those who stole from me with no resolution.
After three years of absolute horrific treatment, I am broken both emotionally and financially as the criminals live without consequence. All of the businesses I created that were meant to earn millions for this community are no longer in operation. It is time for me to get the justice I deserve.
Rwanda claims to champion women's economic empowerment. Rwanda's Constitution guarantees gender equality. But if a widow with $2M personally invested in this community with over $500k in documented loss by liars and thieves can be ignored by police, lawyers, and government agencies — what does that promise mean to every Rwandan mother? Every daughter? Every widow?
Who protects a woman when the systems meant to protect her fall silent?
Please help me get justice.
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