A00259 - In Praise of Anne Heyman and the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village


In the world that I inhabit, people may die but their spirit lives on.  For reasons which I cannot fully explain, I was rereading some of the obituaries that I compiled some ten years ago and I came across the obituary for Anne Heyman

Anne Heyman, Who Rescued Rwandan Orphans, Dies at 52 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

What caught my attention, again, and stirred my interest, again, was the work that Ms. Heyman had performed in creating the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village.  You can read about the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village at


but you will get clearer picture of Anne Heyman's legacy by going to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village website

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (asyv.org)


and by watching the video with the interview of the Village's Managing Director Shiri Sandler that is contained within the 2022-2023 Annual Report. 

Anne Heyman died ten years ago, but the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide recalls the still fresh wounds that are left over from that holocaust and the way that her spirit continues to manifest itself in addressing those wounds some ten years after her death.

I, for one, am grateful for individuals like Anne Heyman and, in my own little way, offer my praise for the work that she has done and continues to do.

Peace,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins
Fairfield, California
April 18, 2024


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