january 2012 wfwi uk rwanda trip photodiary
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Created and credited to Simon Wheeler, Photographer, this photodiary shows the colour and vibrancy of Rwandan life, the opportunities that you will have to meet Women for Women International participants and sponsor sisters and the legacy of the 1995 war.TRANSCRIPT
W O M E N F O R W O M E N C E N T R E I N K I G A L I
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A p i c tur e s t o ry by S I M ON WHEELER
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Nora Russ e l l f r om th e L ondon o f f i c e appr e c ia t e s a small ch i ld .
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H E A L TH A ND WE L LBE I N G ,F A M I L Y A ND C OMMUN I T Y DE C I S I O N M AK I N G
S O C I A L NETW ORKS A ND S A FET Y NET S .
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I w i l l n o t a t t e m p t t o e x p l a i n t h e p o l i t i c a l a n d s o c i a l b a c k r o u n d t o t h e g e n o s i d e i n R w an d a . B u t l i k e a l l g e n o c i d e s i t w a s c a r e f u l l y p l a nn e d a n d i n t h i s c a s e i t w a s d e v a s t a t i n g l y b r u t a l . T h e o b j e c t i v e w a s t h e a n i a l a t i o n o f t h e T u t s i t r i b e b y t h e H u t u s . W o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n w e r e t h e i r p r i m a r y t a r g e t s .
I ’ d f o r g o t t o n h o w t e r r i b l e i t w a s .I t ’ s i m p o s s i b l e t o i m a g i n e o r u n d e r s t a n d .
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T h e g e n o c i d a i r e s h a d b e e n m o r e s u c c e s s f u l i n t h e i r b r u t a l k i l l i n g s t h an a n y o n e w o u l d h a v e d a r e d t o b e l i e v e .
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R o a d b l o c k s w e r e a p r i n c i p a l t o o l o f p o p u l a t i o n c o n t r o l . A n y T u t s i w h o t r i e d t o p a s s w a s h u m i l i a t e d , m u r d e r e d , r a p e d , a n d d u m p e d b y t h e r o a d s i d e .
Dav id M U G I R ANEZ AAg e : 1 0 F a v o r i t e s p o r t : F O O T B A L L
E n j o y e d : M A K I N G P E O P L E L A U G H
D r e a m : B E C O M I N G A D O C T O R
C a u s e o f d e a t h : T O R T U R E D
F i d e l e I NGABIREAge : 9 Favor i t e s p or t : F O O TB A L L
Favor i t e f o od : C H I P S
En j oy ed : T V A ND THE C OMP AN Y O F O THER CH I LDREN
Caus e o f d ea th : S H O T I N THE HEAD
A r iane UMUTONI Age : 4
Favor i t e f o od : C AKE
En j oy ed : S I N G I N G A ND D AN C I N G
B ehav i or : A N E AT L I T T LE G I R L
Caus e o f d ea th : S T ABBED I N HER E YE S A ND HEAD
D r N a a s o n , f r o m t h e i n s t i t u t e o f P e a c e a n d D i a l o g u e , m e t u s o u t s i d e N y a m a t a , B u g e s e r a w h e r e a r o u n d 1 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e w e r e m u r d e r e d i n t h e c h u r c h a n d i t s s u r r o u n d i n g s . T h e d o o r b e h i n d h i m w a s b l o w n o p e n b y e x p l o s i v e s . W o m e n w e r e s y s t e m a t i c a l l y r a p e d a n d a b u s e d d u r i n g t h e k i l l i n g . B a b i e s w e r e t h r o wn a g a i n s t a b r i c k w a l l . D r N a a s o n i s a p s y c h i a t r i s t s t u d y i n g t h e c a u s e s a n d e f f e c t s o f g e n e c i d e .
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M o s t p e o p l e w a l k t h o u gh , a n d o n b o t h
s i d e s o f t h e r o a d t h e r e i s c o n s t a n t t r a f f i c .
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Women of all ages arrive for work , many of them carrying their babies .
C I F I ( C ommer c ial In t r ega t ed Farm ing In i t ia t i v e )
A s h o p k e e p e r o n t h e w a y t o v i s i t L a u r i P a s t r o n i ’ s “ S i s t e r ”
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Gahaya Links was founded by Joy Ndunguste and Janet Nkubana . The company specializes in high quality handcraft products , based on the simple principle of women ’s economic
empowerment through fair trade . The company is in partnership with WfW- Rwanda .
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G A H A Y A L I N K S
25.01.2012M A R K E T SA gl imps e o f a marke t in K igal i and one o r tw o o th er s on r ou t e t o Kayonza .
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