IMIZI YACU: Healing the Rwandan Family Tree Across the Nordic Countries

IMIZI YACU is a community-driven initiative dedicated to strengthening resilience, nurturing mental well-being, and reconnecting the Rwandan diaspora in the Nordic Countries with the roots that shape their identity. Through a series of conversations anchored around global days of reflection — the International Day of Families, the Day of the African Child, and World Mental Health Day — the initiative explores how heritage, shared stories, and lived experiences can guide Rwandans toward healing and growth.

Since its launch, IMIZI YACU has brought together families, youth, parents, and professionals across the Nordics for two sessions, each drawing at least 100 participants. The response has been a testament to the deep need for spaces where Rwandans living abroad can reflect, connect, and support one another — a reminder that while our journeys may be scattered across countries, our roots remain deep and our future remains strong.

A third and final session is still to come on Saturday, 10th October 2026, completing a series that has woven together the personal and the collective, the historical and the present. IMIZI YACU is not simply a programme — it is a space where the Rwandan family tree is tended to, session by session, across borders.