Personal Statement: Rwanda Genocide

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MEDICINE PERSONAL STATEMENT I was born and raised in Rwanda after a tragic disaster of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, I witnessed various challenges that my country was facing at the time; actually, all sectors of life were devastated by genocide. Tremendously, medical sector started on a blank page after 1994 Genocide. Case in point, there were no infrastructures such as hospitals, which were destroyed during the genocide. In addition, some medical doctors were killed and many people left with wounds and injuries. As I grew up, the availing medical situations pushed my mind towards persuing a medical career in order to become a medical doctor who will improve the health sector of my country. Currently, the government of Rwanda has invested a lot of funds in health sector in terms of infrastructure; for instance, each district has a hospital and many health centres. Although the government has taken some measures to develop health sector, we are still lacking qualified medical doctors who can provide advanced medical care to Rwandans. I experienced hearing many cases of my neighbours lose their lives because of doctor’s inabilities to treat them; sometimes they recommend patients go abroad for further operations which …show more content…

I was involved in the Association des Éleves Et Rescapés du Genocide (AERG), an association made up of student survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Here, I took on the role of a ‘father’ of a group of other students. In this position I took on the responsibility of being a role model and giving advice to the other students in my ‘family’. I am very delighted that I served as a father to orphans at school even though I do not have a father. My intention is to raise awareness across the world in regards to the injustice occurred in my home country, Rwanda, and to make sure that genocide will never happen anywhere else through fighting against all ideologies leading to

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