Commission to support reconciliation efforts in Rwanda

The European Commission, under the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), will contribute €400,000 towards efforts to promote the national reconciliation process and to contribute to durable peace in Rwanda.

This follows the Rwandan Government's decision, on the occasion of the 10th Commemoration of the Genocide, on 7th April 2004, to launch such a reconciliation programme.

Funds will finance the rehabilitation of some 1,060 houses (10 houses in each of the 106 districts of Rwanda) belonging to widows and orphans of the Genocide. Victims of the genocide and the perpetrators of the crimes will join forces to carry out the reconstruction works.

The project will be implemented by the Executive Secretariat "TIG" (Travaux d'Intérêt Général) under the Authority of the Ministry of Justice of Rwanda together with the NGO Prison Fellowship, the "survivors' associations" and "widows of the genocide" (IBUKA-AVEGA).

These organisations will identify participants and beneficiaries of the programme.

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• Louis Michel assure le Président Kagame du soutien de l'UE au processus de réconciliation au Rwanda (27/4/2005)
• Declaration by President Prodi on the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda  (7/4/2004)
• EU Presidency declaration on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda (7/4/2004)