Chantal Kabasinga

Chantal Kabasinga is a Rwandan politician and the President of the Association of Widows of Genocide in Rwanda. She was born in Gicumbi District in the Northern Province.

Quotes

• Genocide ideology which helped in preparation and execution of the 1994 Genocide and which is still used by those who denial the Genocide should be uprooted in the Rwandan society.
  • Gicumbi: Commemoration of the Genocide Victims killed in Rutare Kigali today Press
• What I saw in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi gave me the basis and the power to greatly advocate, help people and to comfort them so that they can lead a better life. I’m a professional psychologist.
  • Said Chantal Kabasinga, The New Times (11 April 2012)
• We have cooperatives formed by the women aimed at eradicating poverty in the communities. There are several Avega Agahozo offices in most of the districts in the country. We have a total of 25,000 widows and orphans but 19,000 of them are active members.
  • Kabasinga Chantal on AVEGA, The New Times (11 April 2012)
• It’s the vision and mission of Avega Agahozo to comfort and support and uplift the widows and orphans of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. We do this with determination and unexplainable desire. This is visible in our activities at community level and at national level thus be part in nations building.
  • Kabasinga Chantal on the mission of AVEGA, The New Times (11 April 2012)
• As a child, I always wanted to be a social worker so that I can help people in their day to day activities. I achieved that because I studied psychology and I’m helping people in different ways. But the one dream I didn’t achieve, which I treasured most, was having a very big family with very many children. My husband was killed when we were just newlyweds.
  • Kabasinga Chantal on her childhood, The New Times (11 April 2012)
• As I see you are ready to strengthen the content of your request we also found it reasonable.
  • https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/article/ibyifuzo-byacu-byitaweho-ahasigaye-ni-ahacu-abatuye-cyabakamyi Kigali today (December15,2015)
• When there is a problem of poor hygiene that is attributed to us women, when children who have a poor education are attributed to us women, no Inkotanyi woman should accept that someone in the society is sick of amavunja or that the children continue to be sick of kwashiorkor"
  • Iyo hagaragaye ikibazo cy’isuku nke byitirirwa twebwe abagore, iyo abana bagize uburere buke byitirirwa twebwe abagore, nta mugore w’Inkotanyi ukwiye kwemera ko hagira umuntu muri sosiyete urwara amavunja cyangwa abana ngo bakomeze kurwara bwaki
  • https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/Uburasirazuba-Umunsi-w-abagore-uzaba-hatakirangwa-ibibazo-by-imirire-mibi-n Kigali today(February16,2015).
• If you could find a kilo of sugar, soap, and so on, gives to her or him (survivors of genocide), and talk to him or her, he/she would be really happy.
  • N’iyo wabona ikiro kimwe cy’isukari, agasabune n’ikindi ukamushyira, ukamuganiriza mu by’ukuri yakwishima.
  • https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/AVEGA-iratabariza-incike Kigali today ( April 4,2013).