Muhimpundu Carine is 22 years old and lives with deafblindness in Rwanda. For a long time she felt lonely and excluded, unable to communicate with those around her. When she came into contact with the ROPDB organisation, her life changed.
Despite resistance from her parents and physical obstacles, Chartine started her education and now dreams of becoming a lawyer.
Henriette Kwizera is 12 years old and has a physical disability. She lives with her parents, older brother and younger sister in Nyaruguru District in the Southern Province of Rwanda and is in her third year of primary school.
Donatilla Kanimba began her life with most of the odds against her. She had been forced to flee her home country of Rwanda with her parents early on, where
Regis' mother was single when he was born and in a difficult situation. In desperation, she left Regis in a bush near home, thinking of abandonment
17-year-old Sada Igikundiro was born deaf and when she was six years old she also lost her sight. Sada could no longer communicate with the outside world and life turned into a passive waiting at home for another day to pass. But thanks to a project where deafblind people learn to communicate using tactile sign language, her life changed.
Jado lives with his family in the small village of Urugero, in the eastern province of Rwanda. He has six children. Two of them are blind. None of the sons have been allowed to go to the village school because the teachers have not considered it relevant that they should receive an education.
