IMPACT TO PEOPLE

Impact to people

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Poverties

Rwanda is the most densely populated country in continental Africa and children make up more than half of the population.Rwanda has been having  ongoing issues for example, malnutrition, HIV and AIDS, and child health. Since the genocide that occured, there has been some development but mostly are still living below the poverty line. World vision is  established to help the families and communities, as well as their health. World vision programs also has helped future Rwandans. The genocide had caused the people to lose its home and families.

Health

The consequences of these events did not subside after the genocide came to an end. Witnessing or experiencing potentially traumatic events such as massacre, serious assault with a weapon or sexual abuse greatly increases the likelihood of mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.1 Witnessing such events became tragically common during the genocide, making the rates of mental illness in Rwanda very worrying but also unsurprising.

Mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder are still a major cause of morbidity and invalidity today. A 2014 study showed that 11% of Rwandans are suffering from PTSD, 19% from syndromic depression, and 23% from syndromic anxiety. In most major roles for both men and women, depressive symptoms were strongly associated with functional impairment, illustrating that mental health actively affects daily life. In addition, mental illness rates are often twice as high in women as in men, and as a result of this history, the majority of women who have lived through the genocide continue to suffer trauma, stigma, social isolation and poverty. Also significant is the prevalence of mental illness in survivors of Rwanda as the presence of such disorders in the parental generation increases the symptoms of mental illness in survivor descendants. Thus, although the genocide has ended, its health effects and effects continue to weaken and devastate the targeted people and their families. Despite this knowledge, only the minimum basic mental healthcare structures are in place, and policies currently do not target specialized mental healthcare intended to address the genocide's consequences. For example, most rural district hospitals generally lack resources and general medical care training and therefore can not provide mental health services. As a result, in an unnecessary cycle of ill health, victims of the genocide and their offspring remain trapped.

Education system

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In September 1994, school began to reopen and many of the children are sadly, orphanage without families or parents.At that time, education is considered to be one of the life saver for the economy of Rwanda and one of the option to unite the people there. Education, since then has changed tremendously regarding their purpose. The changes that had happened is Rwanda’s school is no longer teaching history as they are still conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu. With that, they didn’t want to upbring of what had happened in the war and decided not to teach history at school. Furthermore, regarding their identity, they are no longer to identify themselves as Hutu, Tutsi or Twa.


Rwanda education system has changed tremendously nowadays. Below is a link of how Education system in Rwanda as of today. Check it out!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ9B1hsUpJM