When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 29, 2016

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

Director

Paul J. Lynch

Description

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the transformation achieved by 12 orphan genocide survivors in Rwanda after participating in a new form of sustainable humanitarian aid called Project LIGHT. Using a train the trainer model, these young people called Ambassadors, were trained to heal their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and their hearts as well as teach others to do the same. In only two short years they paid forward their healing to hundreds, from Rwanda to Sandy Hook, Connecticut.