by ICBS-Admin | Jan 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
By Nadine Nirere My name is Janet (name changed), I live in a small village with my partner and our children. Life took a difficult turn when my partner began misusing the money meant to support our family, especially for feeding our children and keeping them in...
by ICBS-Admin | Jan 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
By Nadine Nirere My name is Bwiza (name changed). I was born around 2002. I never knew my parents, my mother died during childbirth, and my father was not involved in my life. I was raised by religious sisters. When I was 13, a woman without children took me in....
by ICBS-Admin | Nov 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Nadine Nirere My name is Murindabigwi*, I am a 65 years old man. I went to jail twice because of the looting I did during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and I failed to pay for what I had taken. I was also imprisoned for physically abusing my wife. I was...
by ICBS-Admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Nadine Nirere As a Communications Lead at ICBS, I often travel to capture impact stories. Each trip leaves me full, full of words, full of feelings, and full of the voices of people I’ve never met before but who somehow become part of me. Our recent visit to Gulu,...
by ICBS-Admin | Jun 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Carolien Grootendorst The world today is marked by deepening fractures, geopolitical tensions, violent conflicts, rising nationalism, and the mass movement of people across borders. In many places, trust in institutions is eroding, while communities struggle under...