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Never Again Rwanda NAR is a peace building and social justice Non-Governmental organization

Reason for it's creation
It was created in response to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In just 100 days in 1994 starting from April 7th, over a million people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists. They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political opponents, irrespective of their ethnic origin. By early July, RPF (Rwanda Patriotic Front) forces; a group of youth, had gained control over most of the country, including Kigali resulting into the end of the Genocide. Never Again Rwanda came to make the citizens aware of the mistakes that have been done which resulted into 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. And to instill into the citizens a sense of patriotism, democracy, the role of human rights, as well as the wellbeing of people through learning and participation in different activities. Its main aim through all these is to build sustainable peace in the community as well as the whole nation.

Target and Founding
NAR was founded with the idea of creating safe space for youth and university students to open up to their drama and past pain that was caused by 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. It was launched in 2002. It has 19 years of experience, thousands separators on number 4500, 100000.

Pillars and activities
NAR was officially registered in 2008 and since then, it has grown from only two to seven pillars which are: Peace building, Governance & Rights, Education, Research &Advocacy, Sustainable Livelihood, Great Lakes program and Youth engagement. These pillars are related to its main activities. This is done through enabling diverse groups of community members and youth in particular to openly discuss their sensitive past and current or emerging issues. Their differences are settled through dialogue and cooperation in implementing activities. NAR works with various peace actors to empower citizens towards positive change. Different groups are created like Abanyamahoro Space for Peace, which joins people from different parts of the country. In those groups They openly discuss their past which in turn heal the scars, allow one to forgive and to participate in the country's activities.

Active Citizenship and NAR
NAR is related to active citizenship through engaging the youth and university students as its specific target in collaborative effort to achieve a common goal enabling the organization to complete tasks in the most effective and efficient way. They do not push anyone to join, it is done voluntarily.

Ndi Umunyarwanda
Ndi Umunyarwanda, means ‘I am Rwandan’. It is a programme initiated to build a national identity based on trust and dignity. It aims to strengthen unity and reconciliation among Rwandans by providing a forum for people to talk about the causes and consequences of the genocide as well as what it means to be Rwandan. This also removes the suspicion between people which in turn touches their everyday life. Ndi umunyarwanda is promoted through their everyday activities like discussions, sharing of their pasts and forgiving each other and these help them to see that there is no difference between them.

Peace Building Institute
NAR created a Peace Building Institute which gave opportunities to people from other countries to join. It was there to impact other people from different countries for them not to face what Rwanda has faced. They learn about

● conflict Management

● how to forgive

● To see a person as a person instead of categorizing him/her in some ethnic groups or other things

● how commitment produce good fruit no matter the age, as it was done by a group of youth(RPF) which ended the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994