AFRIPOL.ORG IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
THE PERSON OF THE MONTH: PAUL RUSESABAGIN April 10, 2007
The word hero has been overused and has nearly lost its meaning but one man still stands as the embodiment and testament of the true meaning of an hero: Paul Rusebesabagin.
During the Rwanda genocide of April 1994, Paul Rusebesabagin saved thousands of Tutsi lives from being hacked to death by the rival Hutu-led massacre.
United Nations and the rest of the world abandoned the people of Rwanda and within 100 days some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred.
In the Oscar-nominated film "Hotel Rwanda," Paul Rusebesabagin’s outstanding achievement and bravery were depicted in the movie.
“The 2004 movie depicting Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who used his connections with the Hutu elite to protect Tutsis fleeing militiamen, echoed Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the story of a businessman saving 1,100 Jews from the Nazis.”
The President of United States George Bush awarded Rusesabagina, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award for his act of bravery and heroism.
Therefore for his act of bravery, a great courage and strength of character which is a glowing light to our collective humanity, the Management and Staff of Afripol Organization chose Paul Rusebesabagin as the April PERSON OF THE MONTH.
