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Recently it was my privilege to spend time in Rwanda with Bella English a writer for The Boston Globe newspaper. I took photographs to accompany her series of articles on the genocide that took place in that country. Here is a small sample of the photographs, there are more to come. |
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001 Vestine Nyirandayambaje teaches handicrafts to HIV positive women. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008
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002 Alice Mukamana (left), Papi Mama, Cecile Mukazi, Mwawini Mazimpaka work together to reconcile historically hostile members of their village. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008
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003 Mukagashugi Belancilla lost her husband and four children to the genocide. Her property was stolen as well. Two of her children survived. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008
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004 A young boy beside a newly paved road in Nyamata, Rwanda, one of the poorest and most historically oppressed regions of the country. February 2008
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005 Susan Nyiramana and Mariam Mukanyandwi have relatives who are in prison for their roles in the genocide. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008
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006 Josephine takes care of children orphaned by the genocide and HIV/AIDS. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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007 Ibuka (girl in orange T-shirt) lost her parents in the genocide. These two women from different families now look after her. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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008 A group of women from AVVAIS, an organization that provides support to HIV positive women, meet to find ways to reconcile and to care for orphans whose parents have died of AIDS. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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009 A young mother leaves the new church in Nyamata. The old church just a few meters away was the site of one of the worst killings during the Genocide and is now a memorial site. February, 2008 |
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010 A boy at a road sign for the Maranyundo school at the perimeter of what used to be a concentration camp in the 1970s. Nyamata, Rwanda February 2008 |
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011 Zainab, a tailoring Trainer, sits between Estel (far right) and Vestine who holds Estel’s hand in a sign of reconciliation. Estel’s family members are in prison for the atrocities they committed against Vestine’s family during the genocide. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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012 Mukamusoni is HIV positive because she was raped during the genocide. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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013 Vestine Nyirandayambaje – Genocide survivor and handicrafts instructor – teaches everybody regardless of their history. March 2008 |
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014 Aisha Mukamunsoni in front of her home. Her family participated in the genocide and she has joined AVVAIS to ask for forgiveness from the victims. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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015 Savelina Mukankubito (right), Donatira Mukakimenyin, Berencilla Mukagashugi, Felesita Kankindi are genocide survivors and widows. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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016 Maria Mukanyandwi’s husband participated in the genocide. Maria convinced him to reveal his role to ask for forgiveness. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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017 An HIV patient at Partners in Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima’s Rwinkwavu Hospital. He is also being treated for a broken arm. Rwinkwavu, Rwanda February 2008 |
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018 Mwawini Mazimpaka is HIV positive. She was very disappointed when she first found out she was infected and with the onset of AIDS refused to take ARVs. She joined AVVAIS, gained her confidence and started to take ARVs. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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019 Mwanawidi Nyirabashumba is a vulnerable widow who is HIV positive. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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020 Ester Kankuyo is a widow living in poverty. Her younger family members are in jail. Rwanda. March 2008 |
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021 Madalina Nyirangendahimana is a vulnerable widow accused of killing and stealing during the genocide. She was imprisoned for 12 years. Through AVVAIS she has accepted her guilt and has now been released from jail. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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022 Maria Ntambabazi is a widow living in poverty. Her grandchildren are in prison for participating in the genocide. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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023 Mariam Mukarurinda (center) and Mariam Mukanyanduri (left) have family members in prison because of their role in the genocide. Nyamirambo, Rwanda February 2008 |
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024 Berencilla Mukagahuzi, a genocide survivor, lost most of her family members and is now keeping orphans. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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025 Aisha Mukamusoni, whose family members participated in the genocide joined AVVAIS to ask forgiveness from the victims. Nyamirambo, Rwanda March 2008 |
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