Mathilde Mukantabana Quotes

For me this land is not about what it produced, but about the people, where I was born and raised.

But you can move forward and you can actually find strength by acknowledging even your frailties as human being.

In Rwanda, we have removed all barriers that women used to face. Women have been included in different sectors even in Government and economic empowerment.

Rwanda is a country governed by the rule of law where unity and reconciliation have allowed people to come together to build a cohesive and prosperous nation.

We do not have to wait for someone to organize us when we are already organized, we should take charge and lead the way and also partner with others as we cross boundaries of race, color and have human solidarity that will help us to promote our cause.

Part of our job is teaching. We travel all over the country to major institutions and help organize conferences to teach people about Rwanda.

We must remember not to dwell on the past, but to strive for a better future.

Rwanda would have been called a “failed state,” but people refused to surrender to despair.

We designed a roadmap and made transformative choices that are still guiding us today […] that can be summarized in three words: unity, accountability and thinking big.

Giving a forum to promote genocide ideology is laying a breeding ground for preparation of future genocide.

We only need to change one thing: is social norms. Kids learn on the laps of their parents, the way you treat women is the same way your sons will treat them.

Rwandans have engaged in a heart-to-heart conversation to strenghten the bonds of what make them to be truly one people. They have collectively rejected factionalism and divisionism of all kinds and have embraced the ideology of Ndi Umunyarwanda: I am Rwanda.

Sometimes we look at Rwanda with genocide, Most of the time we don’t look at the incredible culture, the people.

Rwandans became agents of their own destinies.

They (Rwandans) have come from the ashes and have created a society that the people are proud of, and I’m proud to expand where I can in terms of the understanding of the American public.