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Mizero: Overcoming guilt and shame from his parents’ acts
Mizero lived and enjoyed a normal childhood life before the Genocide against the Tutsi with his parents in leadership positions, enabling them to have a comfortable life. He was 9 years old when the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi began.
The 1994 Genocide affected people differently. For Mizero he felt immense shame when both his parents were sentenced for their participation in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Shame was followed by isolation and the heavy responsibility of taking care of his younger siblings at such an early age. The shame stemmed from understanding the depth and weight of the crime of committing genocide that his parents were charged with and sentenced for. The isolation, heavy responsibilities, and shame made Mizero bitter and lonely.
Fortunately, he was able to continue studying in spite of the difficulties. Mizero and his siblings were able to pursue their studies with the help of the fund established by the Ministry of Local Government to help children who could not afford to pay for their education.
Even though he had received an education, Irene Mizero chose to remain alone so that people would not judge him, until a group of young people approached him and helped him overcome and heal from the shame and psychological consequences of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. They helped him break out of the isolation and shame and enabled him to live a life free from guilt and depression.
He was so grateful to the group of people who helped him, it inspired him to start an organization in return to help others like him. So he founded the Mizero Care Organization and started to address mental health-based isolation and promote unity and resilience among the families of both genocide survivors and the convicted for Genocide crimes in Rwanda. His organization has helped many people and at the end of 2022 Mizero was awarded the Umurinzi w’Igihango title for his diligent commitment to promoting healing for peace and unity.
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