The Kinsale peace project wish to announce that Mr Paul Rusabagina ,the man who INSPIRED the award winning movie “HOTEL RWANDA” HAS ACCEPTED THE KINSALE PEACE PROJECT INIVTATION TO come to Kinsale on September 3rd this year, in which he will be VISITING the Kinsale peace project & schools etc and will deliver a speech at a venue yet to be decided in Kinsale.

This is his first visit to IRELAND!

Paul Rusesabagina saved the lives of over 1200 individuals during the Rwandan genocide  of 1994,his bravery as the manager of the hotel was the inspiration for the acclaimed film “HOTEL RWANDA”
He was awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom in the US, the highest civilian award in the United States. As president of the hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina foundation ,he travels the world raising awareness about the need for truth and reconciliation in the great lakes region of Africa,
He has met former president George  Bush and  president Obama!
The Kinsale peace project member’s Padraig Fitzgerald & Gerard Timmons have also organised his Dublin visit ,to meet up with other aid agencies like trocaire ,etc who work in Rwanda,
With Kinsale being a fair-trade town, we intend to give this extraordinary person a very warm welcome and make his visit to Kinsale a very memorable one!