On April 26, 2015, a 15-year-old child was killed. I grabbed some candles and demonstrated against the killing of children. The government tried to have me killed and I had to hide at an embassy for a month. The hospital was closed because I handed over its ambulance in order to get all the injured children evacuated and transferred to hospitals in Rwanda. That was the only so-called crime I committed. You saw that I was put on the list of criminals for protesting and wanting to protect children's rights. The government put an end to these activities and closed everything, even schools, just because I stood up to protect children's rights.
In Rwanda I opened two centres. The camp shelters 64,000 people, 60% of whom are under 30 years old. If we do not help the 18-30 year olds get back to school and get an education, they will take up arms because they will have no other choice. That is why I decided to go live with them and push them to go back to university and trade schools. That is what brought me here to Canada to ask for help. We have to break the cycle because if these young people take up arms, I know that the international community will want to disarm these child soldiers and that it will cost dearly. I am confident that there is a way to break this cycle.