After the genocide, both villages still relied on the water, but took it, in turn, to avoid having to meet, if at all possible.
Jean-Claude Mutarindwa, 42, was a youth from the village of Giheta when the genocide took place. Unlike his brothers, he did not pick up a machete to kill and that helped him lay the foundation for reconciliation.
“I told myself that since I was part of the village, I had a duty to participate in this act of love, asking them what we could do for them to forgive us,” Mutarindwa said.In 2005, the two villages relived the trauma of the killings when trials took place in the community-run courts called “Gacaca”.Mutarindwa convinced his neighbours in Giheta to cross over to Ruseke and help them farm their fields.
“To ask for forgiveness was not easy at all: the first time we crossed to ask for forgiveness, we were about 100 people,” Mutarindwa.But when they came back home safely, the next time nearly 200 came. On the third trip, the whole village of Giheta came to help.For those in Ruseke, it seemed the right time to let go.
“I felt ready to forgive,” Mukarubayiza said, who knew Mutarindwa since they had met at the same church.After the ceremony of reconciliation, the children of each village led the way.Life resumed its natural course. Still, not everyone shares this optimism. Josepha Mukaruzima, 70, from the village of Ruseke argues that those who asked for forgiveness were not those guilty of the crimes.“It is far from being enough,” she said.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.
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