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​Lisa Shaw

Final Thoughts

6/24/2019

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All in all the trip did make me look at life in a different perspective. We literally go through life taking certain things for granted, not realizing it, and the people that I saw in Rwanda have to go through great lengths to receive such things, but it makes me emotional on how little they need to be happy and it makes me that much more grateful to have to things I do. I loved putting the Rwandans story out there and in our bodies. We had so much fun with the teachers and students. I could tell they really liked story-based learning. I think it made a difference for them. An admirable quality the Rwandans have is forgiveness. I’ve heard it before, but to actually hear it and see it for myself it just astonished me. I’m not going into detail about what I heard but hearing the things associated with the genocide against the Tutsi was a lot and it just angered me so much and it got to be a problem mentally for me just thinking about it that I couldn’t understand how people could forgive such vile things, but on the other hand those survivors and families of victims honestly want to move on and live their lives and to do that forgiveness must take place. I’m sorry. I can’t say that I’m there yet, not that it happened to me, but hearing it it breaks my heart, and seeing what the country came from to what they are now it’s just beyond amazing. Their nation as a whole is beautiful. Their stories matter so much and it should be told. Through tragedy really does come hope.
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    My name is Lisa Shaw and I am a junior theatre major at SUNY Buffalo State College. I love reading, watching movies, and anything that involves music. I’ve always wanted to travel around the world, and Rwanda is a great place to start. Combined with the love of helping people, making them happy, and wanting to travel, I believe that I can really make myself useful on this delegation and bring back what I will learn from Rwanda to my community. Everyone needs to know they have a voice. My village and I are just here to show them a way to use them.

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