Giving Compass' Take:

• Clemantine Wamariya reflects on the impact of the Rwandan Civil War on her family who escaped deeply scarred. 

• How can the international community intervene to prevent genocide? How can philanthropy support survivors physically and mentally? 

•  Learn about the ongoing atrocities in Myanmar.

Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when the Rwandan Civil War forced her and her sister to flee their home in Kigali, leaving their parents and everything they knew behind. In this deeply personal talk, she tells the story of how she became a refugee, living in camps in seven countries over the next six years -- and how she's tried to make sense of what came after.

None of us, of course, can make sense of what happened to us. Though my family is alive -- yes, we were broken, and yes, we are numb and we were silenced by our own experience. It's not just my family. Rwanda is not the only country where people have turned on each other and murdered each other. The entire human race, in many ways, is like my family. Not dead; yes, broken, numb and silenced by the violence of the world that has taken over. You see, the chaos of the violence continues inside in the words we use and the stories we create every single day. But also on the labels that we impose on ourselves and each other. Once we call someone "other," "less than," "one of them" or "better than," believe me ... under the right condition, it's a short path to more destruction. More chaos and more noise that we will not understand.

Words will never be enough to quantify and qualify the many magnitudes of human-caused destruction. In order for us to stop the violence that goes on in the world, I hope -- at least I beg you -- to pause. Let's ask ourselves: Who are we without words? Who are we without labels? Who are we in our breath? Who are we in our heartbeat?

Read the full article about war and what comes after by Clemantine Wamariya at TED.