Ganza Gahizi has a strong passion of education for the society, filmmaking and storytelling. He is also a Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassador in the United Kingdom.
Background
He was born in Burundi where his parents were refugees, they returned to Rwanda in 1994 and this was at the time of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and his father, who was a cadre in political party- The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), in August 1994 they returned to their home country Rwanda, his father was hoping to reunite with his parents and siblings and when the genocide ended he travelled to Cyangugu in Western province of Rwanda where all his family lived but found out that all his six siblings were all murdered during the genocide with their families, and later he was unfortunately died too in 1997, but more than 50 people from Gahizi's family were killed during 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. And this encourage Gahizi’s childhood dream to seek a help for vulnerable people especially those affected by the Genocide.
Education
He attended the National University of Rwanda and graduated in 2011 with a Degree in Applied Statistics. He studied filmmaking as a short course, and his first project was a documentary called "One Day of a Blind Student" short documentary shows Leonidas Ndayisaba a sport journalist who has a burning passion for journalism, he covers the game as a commentator, analyses team management, discusses player transfers etc...this short documentary won local awards. Ganza made another short documentary "Change And I mean it" emerged the best at the 2011 TVE Biomovie Competition in the UK. The film, which portrays the significance of Umuganda (Rwandan homegrown community work programme) in environmental protection. This documentary won him multiple awards.
Career
Gahizi's interest is in changing and empowering their lives of genocide survivors particularly women who were raped during the genocide and the children of rape through his organisation called Best Hope Rwanda.
The Charity’s mission is the improvement of their psychosocial, medical, educational and economic support to facilitate their reintegration into the community and to increase their self-reliance.
Personality
Ganza is a born-again Christian who is very devoted to serving God faithfully. He is described as dedicated, passionate, hardworking and creative.
Connections
Ganza is married to Ingrid Ikirezi Gahizi