Jacqueline Murekatete is a human rights activist, and founder of the NGO Genocide Survivors Foundation. Aged nine Murekatete lost the majority of her family during the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi, [1] she was granted asylum in 1995 in the US, [2] where she was brought up by her uncle. [3] Murekatete began to tell her story after David Gewirtzman, a survivor of The Holocaust, spoke of his experiences at her school. [4] [5]
Murekatete's nonprofit, Genocide Survivors Foundation educates people about Genocide and other mass atrocity crimes, and raises funds to support genocide survivors. [6]
Murekatete was honoured by New York University in 2011 with the Distinguished Young Alumna Award, [7] and she was one of the grant recipients and award winner of the 2010 VH1 Do Something Awards. [8] [9] She is also a recipient of the Global Peace and Tolerance Award from the United Nations. [10]
Jacqueline Murekatete is a human rights activist, and founder of the NGO Genocide Survivors Foundation. Aged nine Murekatete lost the majority of her family during the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi, [1] she was granted asylum in 1995 in the US, [2] where she was brought up by her uncle. [3] Murekatete began to tell her story after David Gewirtzman, a survivor of The Holocaust, spoke of his experiences at her school. [4] [5]
Murekatete's nonprofit, Genocide Survivors Foundation educates people about Genocide and other mass atrocity crimes, and raises funds to support genocide survivors. [6]
Murekatete was honoured by New York University in 2011 with the Distinguished Young Alumna Award, [7] and she was one of the grant recipients and award winner of the 2010 VH1 Do Something Awards. [8] [9] She is also a recipient of the Global Peace and Tolerance Award from the United Nations. [10]