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Great Lakes Project Report launched at Final Seminar
11 September 2015
Over four years, the IRCT Great Lakes Project supported the collaboration between six rehabilitation centres in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda that have seen thousands of torture victims heal their wounds, overcome their trauma and rebuild their lives.

The project demonstrated the power of holistic and community-based rehabilitation and how this approach can empower victims of torture to become pro-active and engaged actors in the social, economic and political development of their communities. The results of the Project are shared in a new IRCT report.
The Great Lakes Report will be launched today at the Project’s Final Seminar in Kigali, Rwanda. The event marks the end of four years of activities, which have touched the lives of thousands of men, women and children living in Burundi, the DRC and Rwanda.

The European Union-funded project was initiated in April 2011 and supported six rehabilitation centres in the region in providing holistic and community-based services to victims of torture and sexual violence, survivors of genocide and other forms of political violence.

The report provides an overview of the rehabilitation approaches taken within the Project and captures the achievements and the stories of the beneficiaries who have been involved in the four key activities: The medical referral system, restoring dignity through livelihoods, supporting victims in the fight against impunity and changing lives through community-based social counselling…