Fidelity Bank Breakfast Series - Clementine Bihiga

Fidelity Bank Breakfast

Guest speaker: Clementine Bihiga, Genocide Survivor and Author of Newly Launched Book Happily Broken

Clementine Bihiga, born in 1986, is an inspirational public speaker and published author of “Happily Broken: Discovering Happiness Through Pain and Suffering”. At the age of eight, Clementine and her family were forced to flee their home in Rwanda due to the Genocide and Civil war of 1994 which killed almost a million people in 3 months. Clementine and her family lived as refugees in multiple refugee camps and settlements before they were admitted to the USA in 1999 as refugees. Clementine who faced many life and death situations at a young age including living in refugee camps and waking up among the dead, being bullied as a high school student and losing a daughter, has turned her tragic past into a positive calling of inspiring others to never give up.
When Clementine climbed on a “log” in lake Kivu trying to rescue a shirt taken by the waves and finally realizing it was a dead body, she could have given up. When she was beat almost to death by a motorist on her way home, she could have given up. When she woke up among dead
bodies claimed by Malaria, Typhoid, Cholera, etc. she could have given up hope. When she got to the USA and was bullied in high school for being different every single day, she would have quit and given up. Life was unforgiving for Clementine but she pressed on.
Clementine is resilient, positive, charming and has an addicting personality. 
Join us on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 to hear Clementine’s story about resilience.   Clementine will have books for purchase at the event.