St. Ignatius School, Kigali St. Ignatius School, Kigali St. Ignatius School, Rwanda, was founded by the Society of Jesus in the capital city Kigali in 2006. It is coeducational and includes kindergarten through high school. It relies heavily on funds from abroad, with a major benefactor being the Grace Foundation which was founded to support Jesuit schools in Rwanda. In the wake of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the Jesuits determined to use education to help build a prosperous, peaceful, and harmonious future. In 2003, they received seven hectares of land in the heart of Kigali, the capital, where they began construction of St.
Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre The Kigali Genocide Memorial commemorates the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The remains of over 250,000 people are interred there. There is a visitor centre for students and those wishing to understand the events leading up to the events of 1994. The Centre is a permanent memorial to those who fell victim to the genocide and serves as a place in which the bereaved could bury their family and friends. The Centre is managed and run by the Aegis Trust on behalf of the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG). The memorial and the