Clemantine Wamariya Quotes
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I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it.
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One of my fondest memories growing up in Rwanda was seeing everyone participating in community-building activities. This happened every Saturday at the end of month. People work together in cleaning streets, planting trees, and take care of each other by facilitating productive conversations and actions that are beneficial for the society.
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I go around the country sharing my story. I aim to dare other people to go deep into their own stories and hope to inspire them to think about their own world and experiences.
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I think, when you survive any intense experience, people try to moralize you; a lot of people just try to raise you high, and it's so not fair to you and to everybody else.
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There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things.
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I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today.
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When you receive an education, you pass it on.
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From age six to 12, I lived in seven different countries, moving from one refugee camp to another, hoping we would be wanted.
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Make your education personal. When it matters to you, you will show up.
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I was six years old when the conflict started in Rwanda.
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I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it. For me, the act of storytelling is an act of healing.
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People say you can't change the world. But you can change people.
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It is so important to share experiences with one another. Humans are so often in their own heads and not looking to others. But we have to realize that we are always invited to be a part of someone else's story - we are together in this.
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You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you.
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Every single person on the planet has equal humanity.
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I want to tap into everyone's senses, to touch on our human sensibility.
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Children tell the truth.
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Everything I own in my closet has a story. Stuff is not just stuff - things were given to me with love.
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We cannot afford to lose any more people as a result of hatred.
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To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those opportunities and chase after them! Because when you are curious and in 'search mode,' you will meet a lot of people and learn, and when you find opportunities, you will be exhilarated rather than overwhelmed.
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Always strive to be a better you for you and for other.
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Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender, or your race.
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Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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I enjoyed playing everywhere, especially my mother's garden and my neighbor's. I loved my kindergarten. We sang songs; we played everywhere and ate lunch. I had a childhood that I would wish for anyone.