
Ishami Foundation
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The Ishami Foundation draws on genocide survivor experience to help us all connect to our common humanity.
England, UK & Rwanda
Joined December 2017
We urge you to always use correct and appropriate terminology when discussing about the 1994 events in Rwanda. The right terminology is the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda rather than Rwandan Genocide or any other similar phrases. Please find out more below. ⬇️.
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🚴🏾♂️✨ Our @Ride_For_Unity friends had a Rwandaful day in Nyanza — cycling through Royal historic sites 🏰, dancing with local youth 💃🏾🥁 & playing Purposeful Play games with kids 🌍❤️. A journey of joy, culture & unity with the next generation. #RideToConnection #Rwandaful
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🏟️ Excited to partner with @Ride_For_Unity & @NyanzaDistrict for a Day of Sport for Unity this Friday at Nyanza Stadium!. ⚽ 1000+ kids | Soccer for Social Impact | Mountain climbing | Slack-line | Jiu-Jitsu | Teqball | Traditional dance & more 🎉.#SportForUnity #YouthEmpowerment
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From Rwankuba to Nyabihu! ⚽✨. The next Purposeful Play training is underway in Nyabihu, in collaboration with Rwanda Youth Clubs for Peace & supported by @coachesacross. Local coaches are learning to use football for life skills, wellbeing & Rwandan values. 🙌.#PurposefulPlay
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RT @Aegis_Trust: Before concluding their #Rwanda tour, former African UN Peacekeepers visited two significant sites: Kanogo, where Captain….
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RT @e_murangwa: True teamwork in action 🌱☕✨ — coming together with the community during the coffee harvest with Ride For Unity! #RideToConn….
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Tweet 1 – Intro.Day 2 in Rwankuba ✅.We took Purposeful Play to the next level—turning lessons into action on and off the pitch. ⚽🙌.#FootballForChange #PurposefulPlay #Rwankuba. Tweet 2 – Action 1.💡 Set clear goals with Imihigo—challenging ourselves & our teams to aim higher.
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Day 2 in Rwankuba! ⚽🔥 Coaches & community leaders are diving deeper into using football for social impact, blending Purposeful Play with Rwandan values like #ndiUmunyarwanda, #Ubumwe, #Imihigo & #Agaciro. Excited to see the change this week!.#FootballForChange #PurposefulPlay
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4/4.This program is a joint effort between Ishami Foundation & @coachesacross, proving that when we play with purpose, we build communities that last. #FootballForGood #Rwanda
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3/4.Purposeful play, outdoor learning, and Rwandan values at the heart of every activity. This is football beyond the pitch—this is building stronger, more connected communities. 💛.#FootballForSocialImpact
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2/4.From today until Friday, dozens of young coaches & community leaders are learning how to turn the game they love into a tool for real social change. 🌍.#PlayWithPurpose
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1/4.After last year’s amazing experience, we’re back in Rwankuba, Eastern Province—and it feels like coming home. With @MustardSeedIRwa, we’re using the power of football to educate, inspire & unite. ⚽🇷🇼.#FootballForGood #Rwanda
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RT @Ibuka_Rwanda: 🚏 On the road to @NgomaDistrict. We drive not in silence, but with memories echoing loud from our hearts. This road does….
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🕯️ This Saturday, 31 May 2025, we honour the 15,593 Tutsi families completely wiped out during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. No one survived to remember them. That duty belongs to us now. We remember. We honour them. #Kwibuka31 #15593WipedOutFamilies #NeverForget.
1/1.This Saturday, 31 May 2025, we honour 15,593 Tutsi families who were completely wiped out during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Entire families — no survivors. No one left to remember them. 🕯️ #Kwibuka31 #NeverForget
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We at @FoundIshami are proud to support @Ride4Unity and @NyanzaDistrict on this powerful journey of connection & healing. Sport has the power to transform lives — and this partnership is a shining example. Here's to unity, youth, and a brighter future! 🇷🇼🚴🏾♂️🌍 #RideToReconnection.
A powerful partnership in motion! 🚴🏾♀️🇷🇼. Kudos to @NyanzaDistrict for embracing the #RideToReconnection — a true testament to how sport can heal, unite, and empower. Can’t wait to see the impact on Rwanda’s youth this August and beyond. #RideForUnity #UnityThroughSport #Rwanda2025.
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"After the Genocide, I thought: why not use my experience to support reconciliation? Sport saved me in the darkest times—surely it could help unite Rwandans, foster dialogue, forgiveness, and healing," said our founder & CEO @e_murangwa #PeaceThroughSport.
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As a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, Eric Murangwa Eugène has made sport an instrument of peace, dialogue and reconciliation. With his Ishami Foundation, he promotes...
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Six years ago today, Londoners gathered at City Hall to commemorate, remember, and honour the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. We were hosted by the Mayor of London in a moving act of solidarity and remembrance. #Kwibuka31
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Want to know what happened in #Rwanda on May 14th, 1994?.Follow daily updates marking the 100 dark days of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Stand with Rwanda:.🕯️ Remember.🗣️ Speak the truth.🕊️ Honour the victims.⚖️ Commit to justice. #Kwibuka31 #GenocideAgainstTheTutsi.
1/6.#OnThisDay May 14, 1994:.▶️PM Jean Kambanda visits the National University of Rwanda, thanks staff for their “work” in killing Tutsi, & urges them to “improve” self-defence — a coded call for continued massacres. A chilling example of how state institutions enabled Genocide.
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Watch the highlights from the #Play4Kwibuka31 commemorative games closing day, held last Sunday at Pele Stadium. #Play4Kwibuka is a tribute to football legends & leaders who lost their lives during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi—& a celebration of resilience through sport.
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Want to know what happened in #Rwanda on May 9th, 1994?.Follow daily updates marking the 100 dark days of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Stand with Rwanda:.🕯️ Remember.🗣️ Speak the truth.🕊️ Honour the victims.⚖️ Commit to justice. #Kwibuka31 #GenocideAgainstTheTutsi ⤵️.
🧵1/ ▶️On this day — May 9, 1994:.While the world celebrated Mandela’s historic inauguration, Rwanda was deep in one of the darkest chapters of its history. The Genocide against the Tutsi was reaching a horrifying climax. Here's what happened that day: 👇
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