I want to tap into everyone's senses, to touch on our human sensibility. — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
My day-to-day varies. I do some public speaking. I talk to school groups. — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
Make your education personal. When it matters to you, you will show up. — Clemantine Wamariya Education Copy Share Image
From age six to 12, I lived in seven different countries, moving from one refugee camp to another, hoping we would be wanted. — Clemantine Wamariya Age Copy Share Image
Growing up in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, I had a wonderful life, one that I have not experienced anywhere since,… — Clemantine Wamariya City Copy Share Image
Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender,… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
Everything I own in my closet has a story. Stuff is not just stuff - things were given to me with love. — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
Growing up, many of us are taught to place limits on what we can accomplish while on earth. We tend to think… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
Elie Wiesel and his book 'Night' have changed my life, shifting the way I see and treat people and inspiring me to… — Clemantine Wamariya Book Copy Share Image
I truly hope readers learn to believe in their imaginations and their ability to shape their own lives. That's what 'The Girl… — Clemantine Wamariya Ability Copy Share Image
The world is part of us, and we are part of the world. Even through the smallest acts, we can demonstrate that.… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
One of my fondest memories growing up in Rwanda was seeing everyone participating in community-building activities. This happened every Saturday at the… — Clemantine Wamariya Community Copy Share Image
I enjoyed playing everywhere, especially my mother's garden and my neighbor's. I loved my kindergarten. We sang songs; we played everywhere and… — Clemantine Wamariya Childhood Copy Share Image
My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them… — Clemantine Wamariya Home Copy Share Image
To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those… — Clemantine Wamariya Curiosity Copy Share Image
In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
The benefits of Umuganda are not merely economic. The day is intended to build community involvement and strengthen cohesion between persons of… — Clemantine Wamariya Benefit Copy Share Image
As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me… — Clemantine Wamariya Children Copy Share Image
I never thought that being a public speaker would teach me so much about life and make it so beautiful as well. — Clemantine Wamariya Beautiful Copy Share Image
I want people to know that they are the masters, the queens, kings, and gods of their own story. — Clemantine Wamariya Gods Copy Share Image
'Night' may be one of the most important books that people can read today. It is a story of how hate can… — Clemantine Wamariya Books Copy Share Image
I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today. — Clemantine Wamariya Hate Copy Share Image
All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also… — Clemantine Wamariya Belief Copy Share Image
I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it.… — Clemantine Wamariya Healing Copy Share Image
Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it. — Clemantine Wamariya Coping Copy Share Image
The tradition of Umuganda is a beautiful and inspiring one. It connects people to their surrounds and creates a responsible community. — Clemantine Wamariya Beautiful Copy Share Image
Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me. — Clemantine Wamariya Being Copy Share Image
My copy of 'Night' is dog-eared. The pages are filled with plastic colored 'flags' that are blue, green, purple, and yellow. Vocabulary… — Clemantine Wamariya Copy Share Image
