Mental Health Initiative
During the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, the thoroughly planned and state-monitored genocidal violence was specifically marked by the extensive participation of the local population: Looting, destroying property and genocidal acts including murder, mutilation, torture and sexual violence were common. Needless to say that survivors were deeply affected and now live with the after effects of such horrors.
In the aftermath of 1994, genocide survivors showed high rates of mental health and psychosocial problems due to the inconceivable, dehumanizing brutality that the majority of them had been exposed to or witnessed. After the genocide, a large number of survivors found refuge in Canada and most of them continue to experience a range of mental health issues such as depression, anxiety as well as PTSD.
Humura aims to connect survivors to local mental health resources. By setting up gathering informations and different links to mental health professionals and specialists in the region where survivors can get the can help they need. All this information is available under Resources main menu tab, and is linked to provincial resources that are current and maintained regularly.