"My Masculinity was Stolen" An ex-prisoner is counselled by a gathering of the local Alert Dialogue Club about how to cope with his wife's rejection following his return home after having spent nearly a decade in jail. He says, "my masculinity is stolen, I am depressed, no longer a man". The club members gently advise him to show her love, to court her again as if they were young lovers - not to show her hate and to let go of his anger. 17th May 2012 Muganza, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Sto

In a small village near the border of Burundi Hutu and Tutsi work together to rebuild homes that were destroyed during the genocide war. This home is an example of the collaboration as women and men work shoulder to shoulder on the construction site. 17th May 2012 Kinyinya, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

"My Masculinity was Stolen" An ex-prisoner is counselled by a gathering of the local Alert Dialogue Club about how to cope with his wife's rejection following his return home after having spent nearly a decade in jail. He says, "my masculinity is stolen, I am depressed, no longer a man". The club members gently advise him to show her love, to court her again as if they were young lovers - not to show her hate and to let go of his anger. 17th May 2012 Muganza, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Sto

"My Masculinity was Stolen" An ex-prisoner is counselled by a gathering of the local Alert Dialogue Club about how to cope with his wife's rejection following his return home after having spent nearly a decade in jail. He says, "my masculinity is stolen, I am depressed, no longer a man". The club members gently advise him to show her love, to court her again as if they were young lovers - not to show her hate and to let go of his anger. 17th May 2012 Muganza, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Sto

In a small village near the border of Burundi Hutu and Tutsi work together to rebuild homes that were destroyed during the genocide war. This home is an example of the collaboration. 17th May 2012 Kinyinya, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

In a small village near the border of Burundi Hutu and Tutsi work together to rebuild homes that were destroyed during the genocide war. This home is an example of the collaboration. 17th May 2012 Kinyinya, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

In a small village near the border of Burundi Hutu and Tutsi work together to rebuild homes that were destroyed during the genocide war. A sack of sand is being carried to the site of another reconstruction. 16th May 2012 Kinyinya, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

Chantal is a genocide prisoner's wife. He was innocent but because he was Hutu, was incarcerated in jail for many years living Chantal to feign for her family. The stigma of being the wife of a man in jail was a hardship for her innocent children. She said: My dream is to build a big house so I can support other women with war problems." 16 May 2012 Muganza, Rwanda. This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine Contact eyevine for more information about using this image: T: +44 (0) 20 870

Conselata and Jeandamscenue, survivors of the Rwandan Genocide war are grateful for having the opportunity of rebuilding their lives after the sorrow of losing their families. Their young children provide added joy as they progress their survival for the future. Save, Rwanda 10th May, 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

Jean-Nepomuscene, is an ex-combatant. During the genocide war he joined the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda), a Hutu rebel insurgent group. After years living on the run in the DR Congo, he returned to Rwanda and through participating in a special reconciliation programme created by the peace building NGO, reintegrated back to his village and rebuilt his life.with his wife Marie-Claire and their two children. Shyanda, Rwanda 15th May 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / Internationa

Conselata and Jeandamscenue, survivors of the Rwandan Genocide war are grateful for having the opportunity of rebuilding their lives after the sorrow of losing their families. Their young children provide added joy as they progress their survival for the future. Save, Rwanda 10th May, 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

A Hutu widow pauses from her ploughing in a newly created pineapple field. She is working in with her neighbours to build a revenue producing programme assiting them to climb out of their endemic poverty. Inyange, Rwanda 14th May 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

Alexis is an ex-prisoner, Hutu, ploughing in a pineapple field with his neighbours both Hutu and Tutsi. They collaborate on revenue producing project to reduce their poverty - this was made possible after having participated in a reconciliation programme that helped both survivors and aggressors let go go their prejudice and anger, and live together in peace. Inyange, Rwanda 14th May 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine Contact eyevine for more information about using this

Bethilda is 70 years old, a mother of nine children. was a prisoner, recently released from jail. During the genocide she witnessed one of her son's murder a Tutsi child. After the war she was arrested and incarcerated in Jail for her crime of not intervening the crime Inyange, Rwanda 14th May 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

Conselata and Jeandamscenue, survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide war look out along the river bed where members of their family were thrown in after they were murdered by the marauding insurgents. Save, Rwanda 10th May, 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

Delphine - survivor, stands by the river where thousands of Tutsi were butchered by the Interhawame militia. The river ran red from the abundance of bodies ruthlessly discarded. Save Sector, Rwanda 10th May 2012 . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

Lambert, ex-combatant from the 1994 Genocide war looks out into the field he has successfully created from a micro-financing project made available to participants in a forgiveness and reconciliation programme sponsored by the local community and the NGO, International Alert. 9th May 2012 Huye, Rwanda . This photographic essay focuses on the daunting task of rebuilding a fractured society through the eyes of the perpetrators, ex-combatants and survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide along with the vulnerable generation of young Rwandans growing up in an atmosphere clouded by conflict. The visual journal provides a narrative of their daily personal experiences conquering the challenges in their communities that continue to be divided, within a landscape that promotes reconciliation and forgiveness as the engine to nurture a peaceful united prosperous nation. This series aims to provide a view of the long-term implications of war and, the solutions on the ground to rebuild these fractured lives from the perspective of not only survivors, but also from the perpetrator's vantage. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000-1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine