Elkins Auditorium
Thursday, March 13, 2014, 7 – 8pm
Come hear Carl Wilkens' inspiring story about his experiences in Rwanda, being the only American who chose to remain in the country through the 1994 genocide.
“As a humanitarian aid worker, Carl Wilkens moved his young family to Rwanda in the spring of 1990. When the genocide was launched in April 1994, Carl refused to leave, even when urged to do so by close friends, his church and the United States government. Thousands of expatriates evacuated and the United Nations pulled out most of its troops. Carl was the only American to remain in the country. Venturing out each day into streets crackling with mortars and gunfire, he worked his way through roadblocks of angry, bloodstained soldiers and civilians armed with machetes and assault rifles in order to bring food, water and medicine to groups of orphans trapped around the city. His actions saved the lives of hundreds.”
Contact Name: Elizabeth Thompson
Contact Email: elizabeth.thompson@pepperdine.edu
Speaker: Carl Wilkens
Thursday, March 13, 2014, 7 – 8pm
Come hear Carl Wilkens' inspiring story about his experiences in Rwanda, being the only American who chose to remain in the country through the 1994 genocide.
“As a humanitarian aid worker, Carl Wilkens moved his young family to Rwanda in the spring of 1990. When the genocide was launched in April 1994, Carl refused to leave, even when urged to do so by close friends, his church and the United States government. Thousands of expatriates evacuated and the United Nations pulled out most of its troops. Carl was the only American to remain in the country. Venturing out each day into streets crackling with mortars and gunfire, he worked his way through roadblocks of angry, bloodstained soldiers and civilians armed with machetes and assault rifles in order to bring food, water and medicine to groups of orphans trapped around the city. His actions saved the lives of hundreds.”
Contact Name: Elizabeth Thompson
Contact Email: elizabeth.thompson@pepperdine.edu
Speaker: Carl Wilkens