Our Founder and President, Immaculee G. Songa is a firsthand witness and survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi (Genocide). Songa lost her husband, her two daughters, most of her family, relatives and faithful friends during the unspeakable Genocide. She emphasizes below her journey during the Genocide and her passion to empower survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi:

The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda was meticulously planned and savagely executed. It lasted 100 dark days and left Rwanda in chaos seen as nothing was possible in the aftermath. During those 100 days, I lived the most traumatizing days and nights of a living person. I walked days and nights with a one year old on my back; I hide in houses, in bushes, in a forest, and walked between dead bodies. I was pushed to the ground, beaten, sexually assaulted, and gravely dehumanized. I heard children crying in latrines days and nights; I wore one Kitenge, an African cloth around me with one top during the three months of April-July 11, 1994. The cloth and top were covered all over with lice, intolerable. I became like a rock and did not think straight anymore. Any change of where to spend my nights and days was dictated by this voice inside me ordering my moves. I was like a walking corpse who got in Kigali agonizing and people could not recognize me. I had lost 51 pounds within a period of three months and if someone realized it was me, he would cry of how I looked and my condition, I was miserable. Read More...

Immaculee G. Songa

We support survivors in the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and other genocides. Global Survivors for Peace, Inc. focuses on four key areas: Supporting Survivors, Investing in Education, Empowering Women, and Counseling Services.