Christel Martin
Hate Doesn't Have the Last Word: Maggy, Mother of 10,000 Children
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In Burundi, a country neighboring Rwanda devastated by interracial massacres, misery and AIDS, an exceptional woman fights to eradicate hatred.
Marguerite Barankitse (1956) – Maggy to many – saw this hatred in its most inhuman form when 72 people were murdered before her eyes in 1993. During this barbarism, she managed to save twenty-five children – risking her own life. She would later bring hundreds more to safety during the hellish civil war. From her anger and resistance, but also from her strong faith in Christianity and her love for life, she still draws strengths she never knew existed and she knows how to give people hope. Thanks to her efforts, more than ten thousand children were able to eat, go to school, be reunited with their families or find a new home in communities where responsibility and humanity took on a different meaning. But above all, they now enjoy education in peace, forgiveness and respect, which makes them a new and young generation of citizens who put their humanity above any ethnic origin, be it Hutu, Tutsi or Twa. Marguerite Barankitse describes her experiences with grace, honesty and humour. She does not shy away from criticizing certain humanitarian actions, institutions of power and even the Church. Barankitse moved mountains in times of despair and teaches us a special life lesson.
Marguerite Barankitse (1956) – Maggy to many – saw this hatred in its most inhuman form when 72 people were murdered before her eyes in 1993. During this barbarism, she managed to save twenty-five children – risking her own life. She would later bring hundreds more to safety during the hellish civil war. From her anger and resistance, but also from her strong faith in Christianity and her love for life, she still draws strengths she never knew existed and she knows how to give people hope. Thanks to her efforts, more than ten thousand children were able to eat, go to school, be reunited with their families or find a new home in communities where responsibility and humanity took on a different meaning. But above all, they now enjoy education in peace, forgiveness and respect, which makes them a new and young generation of citizens who put their humanity above any ethnic origin, be it Hutu, Tutsi or Twa. Marguerite Barankitse describes her experiences with grace, honesty and humour. She does not shy away from criticizing certain humanitarian actions, institutions of power and even the Church. Barankitse moved mountains in times of despair and teaches us a special life lesson.
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