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e-660 (Mental health)
E-petition
Initiated by Kizito Musabimana from Toronto, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
- Research shows that youth who live through wars suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that as those youth become adults, if no specific, practical care is provided to them in their development, they will grow up with challenges that make it almost impossible for them to function in normal societies; and
- Many victims of the Rwandan Genocide who entered Canadian society come with wounds unseen by the visible eye; these people do their best to function in our communities, but many suffer daily because of their past demons which they have yet to let go, mostly due to their busy and demanding lives, but also because many of them lack knowledge when it comes to healing the psychological effects of war. They go on for years wounded, lost to their childhood dreams, as to them the future seems unattainable. These youth (now adults), will go through depressions; at war within, which makes their worldly struggles almost impossible to overcome.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to grant Canadians of Rwandan origin with the funds and facilities necessary to build a national Centre for Rwandan Genocide Victims who suffer from the psychological wounds of war.
- Open for signature
- January 11, 2017, at 10:55 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 11, 2017, at 10:55 a.m. (EDT)
