Surviving to Thriving: My Friend Abdoul

When I think of Abdoul, I think of peace. He speaks softly, in English and in Kinyarwanda, and listens loudly, eyes wide, leaning forward to hear you better. He feels like the friend you can sit in silence with for hours doing nothing.

But Abdoul is far from a man who does nothing. 34 years old, and a survivor of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, Abdoul is now the owner of his own chicken farming…