Kigali, Tariki ya 11 Mutarama 2021, Yolande Mukagasana ndetse n’abandi bantu banyuranye babungabunga amateka ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi bashinze fondasiyo yitwa “Fondation Yolande Mukagasana” ifite intego zinyuranye cyane cyane kurwanya ihakana n’ipfobya rya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, kurwanya ingengabitekerezo ya Jenoside ndetse no kwimakaza ibikorwa by’ubugeni bitandukanye bijyanye n’amateka ya Jenoside, byaba binyuze mu ndirimbo, ikinamico ndetse na filimi.
Yolande Mukagasana ari nawe Muyobozi Mukuru wa Fondasiyo akaba ari n’umwe mu bayishinze yagize ati “Ingengabitekerezo ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi iracyagaragara cyane cyane mu banyamakuru no mu mashuri makuru biyobowe n’abasize bakoze jenoside n’inshuti zabo. Ibi bikorwa cyane binyuze ku mbuga nkoranyambaga bitwaje uburenganzura bwo kuvuga icyo utekereza. Twebwe nk’abiyemeje kurinda no kubungabunga amateka ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ntidushobora kwihanganira abapfobya amateka y’Abanyarwanda. Iyi fondasiyo yashinzwe n’abantu banyuranye, harimo Abanyarwanda ndetse n’abanyamahanga b’imyaka itandukanye cyane cyane urubyiruko rufite inyota yo kubaka u Rwanda ruzira amacakubiri. Niyo mpamvu iyo Fondasiyo itazagarukira kuri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi gusa, izajya itanga impuruza aho izabona hose hari ibimenyetso byabyara Jenoside”
Mu zindi ntego za Fondasiyo; izakora ubwo bushakashatsi kuri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ariko ifatanya n’imiryango ndetse n’ibigo byaba ibya Leta cyangwa iby’igenga bifite mu nshingano kubungabunga amateka ya Jenoside. Izakoresha kandi ibiganiro, n’amahugurwa kuri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, kubungabunga inyandiko, no guteza imbere umuco wo gusoma no kwandika ku mateka ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi.
Yolande Mukagasana yagize kandi ati “Tugomba kumenya ko ibidutandukanya bitatugira abanzi, ahubwo ni ubukungu dukwiye kubakiraho dushyize hamwe. Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi ni amateka y’Abanyarwanda kandi y’ikiremwamuntu muri rusange. Kurwanya ingengabitekerezo n’ihakana bya Jenoside ni ukurwanya urwango n’amacakubiri mu bantu. Niyo mpamvu buri wese akwiye kubigiramo uruhare.”
Fondasiyo Yolande Mukagasana ifunguye amarembo kuri buri wese yaba uwo mu gihugu cyangwa hanze yacyo wifuza kubungabunga amateka ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi.
Yolande Mukagasana ni muntu ki?
Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi yatwaye umuryango wose wa Yolande Mukagasana, aho umugabo we ndetse n’abana bose bishwe muri Mata 1994. Kuva mu mwaka wa 1995, Yolande Mukagasana yatangiye gutanga ubuhamya ku byabaye muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi ahereye i Burayi, aho yamaze imyaka 16 arwanya ipfobya n’ihakana bya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi. Yigishaga kandi ubutabera, amahoro no kwihanganirana nubwo yari afite ibikomere bya Jenoside. Yagenze isi yose atanga ubuhamya bw’ibyabaye mu Rwanda bikaba byaramuhesheje ibihembo byinshi birimo icya UNESCO ndetse nicy’Umuryango w’Abayahudi bo muri Amerika.
Yolande Mukagasana yanditse ibitabo birindwi byahinduwe mu ndimi nyinshi niyo mpamvu yiyemeje gushyigikira umuco wo gusoma no kwandika ku mateka ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu rwego rwo guharanira ko ayo mateka atazibagirana.
“Nta bumuntu bwabaho hatabayeho kubabarira, nta kubabarira gushoboka hatabayeho ubutabera, nta n’ubutabera bwabaho butarimo ubumuntu” Yolande Mukagasana
