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Rwanda: BCR staff commemorate victims of Genocide

Sanjeev Anand, the BCR managing director, lays a wreath at Ntarama church

Sanjeev Anand, the BCR managing director, lays a wreath at Ntarama church

Commercial Bank of Rwanda (BCR) on Thursday joined the rest of the country to pay tribute to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in the context of the 19th commemoration.

The commemoration was marked at Ntarama memorial site in Bugesera in order to draw lessons from the tragic massacre of more than 5000 people who were exterminated there during the Genocide.

The bank�s delegation got an insight in the history of Bugesera region, and how Tutsis were persecuted before and during the genocide with forced population movements and frequent massacres.

Sanjeev Anand, the BCR managing director, conveyed a message of comfort and hope from the company�s shareholders, management and staff to all those who lost their beloved ones. �We draw lessons from that unspeakable crime and together we raise the voice to say �never again� to all those who deny Genocide and thus support impunity for planners and perpetrators,� he said.

�I hope the whole community will learn from this tragic history and the massacre,� Anand wrote in the visitors� book after touring the site.

The BCR delegation also donated Frw 1 million for the maintenance of the memorial site. �As BCR staff, we will do everything possible in joining this nation in its effort to rebuild the unity of Rwandans,� noted the managing director.

Later in the evening, the staff gathered at the bank�s headquarters to honor its employees killed during the Genocide. So far more than 30 victims have been registered, though research continues to identify all perished BCR employees.

Their relatives thanked the bank management for joining them to convey a message of comfort. �I really get a lot of comfort when I see a gathering like this one coming together to honor our loved ones,� said Rene Rurangirwa whose father worked at the bank.

Ildephonse Karengera, director of the commemoration unit at the national commission for the fight against Genocide (CNLG), requested the bank to respect the terms of contract of the killed employees by providing their relatives with all benefits stipulated in them.

Source: The Rwanda Focus

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