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Figure 1. ‘Kurema ihumure mu muryango binyuze mu bugeni’ meaning Creating Hope and Comfort in Rwanda through Arts: A drawing made by Chaste Uwihoreye and Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (UNM) team. It represents examples of people from communities listening to people from the same communities in different settings such as schools, families, communities and health facilities.
Description: the image has four components: The first image called 'dialogue in families' is an illustration that shows how parent(s) and their children should communicate to each other, recreate trust, express their feelings, and get common understanding of the difficulties or discomforts that they face or dislike which made the relationship between parents and children fall apart. It is an example that shows how parent(s) and children can open up, get to know each other, and bond through sharing stories and listening to each other as well as provide to each family member an opportunity to express their feelings accordingly and focus on solving the issues that the family member expressed. The second component called 'community healing community' is an illustration showing how individuals can think critically of their community and issues that they do not feel comfortable with and happy for. The question of how many issues community has and then they can share how the issues create discomfort to some (this can show the wealth of the community). Therefore, this question needs to be treated carefully. Additionally, when thinking on how many times you enter the sad or happy memories, it is also important to discuss why and how can we reduce or solve problems to make the sad moments into excited or contented moments. Through listening between community members, they create hopes, trust and respect which restore a sense of togetherness indicated by specific interactions and cohabitations between community members. The third one is called 'raising children's voice'. It is an illustration showing how children can create safe spaces in schools where they can share their stories and are listened to by adults and policy makers. It is an illustration that shows how children can be to express their ideas, voices, views and feelings to be heard. The last part of the figure is 'spaces in health facilities' where people with pains go to seek support. This is an illustration of how health facilities should use arts and create the contextualized materials of listening and integrate them in their everyday work.
