From a Refugee Camp to a Pharmacy Dream: Grace Uwahiriwe Hopes To Heal Her People

CEDARVILLE, OHIO - For many people, a hospital is a place of healing and safety. But for countless families who survived ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hospitals can also carry memories of fear and uncertainty. Many families avoided hospitals altogether, unsure if they could trust the people responsible for their care.

A Childhood Shaped by Displacement and Hope

Grace Uwahiriwe knows that reality through her own family's story. Born in a refugee camp in Bujumbura, Burundi, Uwahiriwe was born shortly after her parents escaped the Democratic Republic of the Congo during waves of ethnic violence targeting the Tutsi ethnic group. What began as her family's story of displacement and survival would eventually shape her calling to help others find hope and healing.

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