The loss of a child is so painful. I am grieving the loss of Kavine, 13, a child of Urukundo’s family, and Kessia, a Primary 3 student at Urukundo Learning Center. Both died July 1.
Kessia died of complications of malaria. Malaria remains a dreaded killer in Rwanda.
Kavine’s death was not malaria. Kavine’s body filled with fluid, which included her lungs. They could not clear the fluid from the lungs. She stopped breathing, and her life ended. Why, I do not know.
Kavina came to the Urukundo Home for Children when she was just a few days old. In 2017 when the Rwanda government closed homes for children, Pastor Yves and his wife Libereta took Kavine into their family. She had just finished her first year in secondary school.
This is such a heart-rending time in our family. Thank you for sharing my grief.
Love with a heavy heart.
Mama