Xaveri Rwanda is a Catholic youth organization in the
Rwanda. Xaveri Rwanda is part of the African Xaveri Movement and a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations
Fimcap
The FIMCAP, which is short for Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizati ...
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History
On 31 October 1990 Xaveri signed together 16 other youth movements and the Episcopal Pastoral Commission in Rwanda a joint statement condemned the aggression of armed gangs of the NRA and the Ugandan regular Army and especially also the forced enlistment of children for these violent activities.
In 2015 Xaveri Rwanda hosted the
Fimcap World Camp. The camp thematized
Children's Rights
Children's rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. as well as the recent dark chapter in the history of Rwanda, the
Genocide in Rwanda
The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...
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References
{{Catholic youth work
Catholic youth organizations
Youth organisations based in Rwanda
Fimcap
Catholic Church in Rwanda