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<b>News 12</b>'s Gwen Edwards speaks with the founder of the Daniel Trust Foundation, Daniel Trust, about surviving the civil war in Rwanda, his upbringing in Connecticut and his career as a motivational speaker.

News 12's Gwen Edwards speaks with the founder of the Daniel Trust Foundation, Daniel Trust, about surviving the civil war in Rwanda, his upbringing in Connecticut and his career as a motivational speaker.

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Our Lives: Motivational speaker Daniel Trust speaks about surviving the Rwanda civil war

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Welcome to our lives, I'm Gwen Edwards, my guest today started a nonprofit foundation in Bridgeport that is now a worldwide organization and he is a much sought after motivational speaker, entrepreneur and role model for hundreds of students, not only here in the United States, but in Rwanda Daniel Trust. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. Great, let's talk about the civil war in Rwanda. I am a survivor of the 1990 for Rwanda genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda and I am truly honored to have survived, but I lost my parents, my mom was to T and my father was Hutu and uh to my other sisters also passed away. It was very challenging because during this time, over a million people, the estimate of a million people lost their lives because of this world and it was very challenging for many people in in our country, I'm just so so honored and grateful that I was able to survive and be able to, to heal from that kind of trauma. When you got here to the United States, you also face challenges yet you made them into opportunities. I went to basic high screen bridgeport Connecticut and um you know, first year was very challenging for me, but I was very determined to succeed no matter what Daniel now you've come from being a refugee to an internationally known motivational speaker and entrepreneur, if you have told me when I came to the United States that will be traveling around the world, talking and sharing my story and inspiring people like nah, that's that's not true. And I've had the honor of speaking in Hong kong in Rwanda in, you know, throughout the United States, at different colleges, it brings me joy when I'm able to help people learn how to forgive and make peace with their past and really focus on the future for anyone who wants to be a part of the Daniel Trust Foundation. How do they contact you? Our website, Daniel Trust Foundation, that he has a lot of information. We're always looking for mentors, especially those that work at corporations throughout Connecticut and new york city. Please, if your corporation would like to partner with us to mentor some of our students and maybe offer them internships or job opportunities, please reach out to us. Everything. All our information is on our website, which is the neutral foundation dot org. Daniel. Thank you so much, Gwen, thank you so much for everything you do for the community and we want to thank you for watching our lives where we bring you information and interviews. You will see nowhere else for our lives

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