Today we sadly mourn the death of our wonderful colleague, Louise Bodji, who has been the Income Generation Program Coordinator in Nyabiheke Camp since the program started in 2006.
Louise died yesterday in a hospital in Kigali after a brief illness.
Everyone who worked with Louise B. knew her as a kind, gentle and compassionate soul whose dedication to her work and all of the refugees was nothing short of extraordinary.
I took this photo last year, in the camp, as Louise and I observed a meeting of one of our self-managed savings groups. Louise and her team were justifiably proud of the fact that although Nyabiheke had the smallest population of any of the camps, they had the most savings groups, the largest number of members, and the largest amount of money saved.
But the smile that you see here is one of genuine warmth and affection for the people she served.
Merci, Louise, et bon repos. We will miss you.
