15 Years after the genocide - Orphans in Rwanda

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.

UNICEF estimates that over 1,000,000 children were orphaned as a result of the 100 day Rwandan genocide (equal to 12 percent of the entire population of Rwanda). Currently, approximately 42 percent of the population in Rwanda is under the age of fourteen. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that Rwanda has the greatest number of orphaned children worldwide. Some of these children are responsible for up to four siblings, and according to UNICEF, 95 percent of all children in Rwanda have been witness to violence or death; it is suspected that
that up to 600,000 of Rwanda’s children show symptoms of severe psychological and emotional trauma. The impact on the development of this central African country is multifaceted: the stampede of thousands of people and a horrifically high HIV/AIDS rate are laying waste to entire areas.

These areas are inhabited for the most part by so called “child families” with children raising and feeding other children. These child families receive no support from relatives, friends or the village community. They are stigmatised because of their poverty and general distrust of others after the Rwandan genocide. In the bland, hilly landscape surrounding the city of Butare, dirt tracks lead the way to the villages and kraals. From a distance, no difference is to be seen between the vegetation and the huts and fences. The difference between these villages and one with a normal social structure are marginal at first glance; both present the same mud huts, a few
goats and cows, trampled earth and a lot of children. However, upon closer inspection, the differences become clear: adults and the elderly are in the minority, if they are present at all; the roofs of the huts are full of holes and the goats and cows are far too thin.

For the Western media Rwanda is among the rising African nations. An economic growth rate of guarantee to 8% a year and a reactionary government investment protection for western companies. But the social structure and the poverty of most people is changed.