Mathilde Mukantabana Quotes

We didn't want our new generation and future generations to ever to go through what we have been through. We want to be Rwandans.

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.

It was my protection. If I allowed myself to feel anything emotionally, I was not going to be able to do anything.

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

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.

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.

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.