Three days per week, Nzeyimana Sakina, 70 years old, feeds hospitalised people at ‘Prince Regent Charles’ Hospital.–By Diane Uwimana
Home nurses receiving food from Sakina’s team.©Iwacu
It is 1:30 pm this Saturday at “Prince Regent Charles” hospital. Home nurses queue up along one of the corridors of that hospital. They are waiting for receiving food from the Good Samaritan, Nzeyimana Sakina, who often comes to give a hand to those vulnerable people. Three basins full of rice and beans are lined up in front of three people who are dispatching the food to those who present their dishes. There isn’t any list to refer to but everyone must receive a small part even a little quantity of food. “She is our saviour. We don’t have anyone to care for us. I come from Cibitoke Province. It is hard to always have someone who feeds us in the morning regularly”, shouts one of the people in a queue. Sakina Nzeyimana, supervising the activity, indicates that every Saturday, she prepares 15kg of beans and 30 kg of rice for those people. “Since 1993, I have always done what I could. In the morning, I prepare porridge but on weekends, I prepare something which is strong and rich for their health. About 80 litres of porridge i.e. four cans are for the hospitalized and home nurses who look after the latter”, she points out.
However, Sakina mentions that today is not allowed to feed patients everyday like before due to the hospital administration organization; she is only authorised to do her good work three days per week.
“Where there is a will there is a way”
According to her, she is only motivated to carry out this noble job due to the 1993 civil war which has made many people become poorer and more vulnerable. “During the civil war, many people who suffered from starvation and poverty were in need of food and medicine. Offering food was what I could and thanks to God, I try to do my best until now,” says generously Sakina. For 20 years, she gives hand to those patients and their home nurses; she confirms that she can’t stop her good humanitarian activity. “Once, you begin to feed people you can’t be fed up with the activity”, she declares. Nzeyimana Sakina is a mother of six children, all of them are adult. “My progeny are proud of my good work and some of them hope to do the same. Perhaps, they will replace me after my retirement,” adds Sakina.
According to her, it is very important to do nice things because one may travel and encounter some problems. “When you do good things, God blesses you. Others should do the same by giving hand to those helpless and hopeless people,” she highlights. Sakina, a businesswoman, has dealt with this good activity without any help. “There were some people who once worked with me but they were characterized by disorder and carelessness. Now, I have preferred to work alone”, she explains. However, she calls upon to everyone who wants to join her and help those vulnerable people to do so; it is only the charity which is very important.
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