Xaveri Rwanda

Summary

Xaveri Rwanda is a Catholic youth organization in the Rwanda.[1] Xaveri Rwanda is part of the African Xaveri Movement and a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations Fimcap.[2]

Xaveri Rwanda
TypeRwandan non-profit youth organization
PurposeCatholic youth organization
Headquarters RWA
Location
Membership
28,000

History edit

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.[3]

In 2015 Xaveri Rwanda hosted the Fimcap World Camp. The camp thematized Children's Rights as well as the recent dark chapter in the history of Rwanda, the Genocide in Rwanda.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Riot, Thomas (2015-05-03). "A Roundabout Revolution: Rethinking the Decolonization of Rwanda by the Practices of the Catholic Scouting Movement, 1954–1964". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 32 (7): 939–951. doi:10.1080/09523367.2015.1044299. ISSN 0952-3367.
  2. ^ "Xaveri Rwanda". fimcap.org. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  3. ^ Musabyimana, Gaspard (2006). "The international character of the Rwandan conflict: Expert report requested by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in: "The Prosecutor v. Protais Zigiranyirazo"" (PDF).
  4. ^ "World Camp 2015 Rwanda". Fimcap. 2015.