Thank you, Mr. Benskin.
There is a lot of work to do. It is difficult, because as I was describing earlier, many of the mothers did not give testimony of what happened exactly, which is why the statistics are mixed. However, once we know, what can we do?
First, even before we go that route, we must create a space of understanding where these women can feel comfortable, a bit like Godeliève Mukasarasi is doing with her organization, so that we can find out who they are. That is the first step. We must provide that framework. It has been 20 years already. We could say that it is history, but I think it is never too late to do the right thing.
There are organizations in Rwanda, but they have limited resources. We could extrapolate and wonder what we could do and whether victims of those acts are here in Canada. As I said, we provide a comforting place for victims here. Many of them are in Montreal, but other organizations work with us. Here, in Ottawa, for instance, there is the Humura Association.
Basically, people and victims are not keen on giving testimony. Even when they do, the testimony is not detailed enough sometimes, because, when you are a survivor of such events, you want to forget them and look to the future to enjoy life and succeed.
First, I think we really must provide the space for these women so that they can give testimony. We will then be able to see and determine who the children are. I think they are dealing with fairly common problems psychologically, socially, and so on.
Once we have established who the children are, they could benefit from all the other forms of assistance that are available to the disadvantaged.
Specifically, the assistance would be tangible if the women had a place where they could give testimony. We could determine the needs of those children. I mentioned two cases, but there are thousands.