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" I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be their voice; that's their voice. I want to allow people to voice their life beyond labels. "

Clemantine Wamariya

People

Life

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Everything

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Thought

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" We are all neighbors. Be kind. Be gentle. "

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Give Me

" Forgiveness allowed me to wash my burdened past away. "

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Away

Forgiveness

" All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also through other people's support and belief in me. "

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Night

Light

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Hatred