Lambert - ex Combatant, with his young bride stands pensively in front of his home that he built from the proceeds of a successful micro-financing project supported by the peace building NGO, International Alert. Huye, Rwanda 9th May 2013 . 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

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

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 Juvnal 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. ***FOR REFERENCE ONLY*** ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

A Congolese border policeman carefully inspects the billets (passes) of the young Rwandan women with her daughter for entry into the DRC. The look of mistrust is evident. Petite Barriere, Goma, DR Congo 3rd June 2013 . Cross-border trade is an economic lifeline for the stalwart citizens along borders in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The DR Congo, and its neighbouring nations is the epi-centre of this trade, a region economically broken through decades of armed conflict, a region where corruption flourishes and its humble citizens flounder in profound poverty under an umbrella of poor governance. There are estimated more than 30 competing armed groups threatening the region, especially the M23 operating close to the Eastern capital of Goma creating waves of murder, rape and displacement. Conflict, accompanied by endemic poverty is the divisive weapon assaulting the citizens' daily. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

The Business of Eggs at the Market: "Eggs are a fragile commodity, they easily break and can spoil in the heat of the dry season eliminating a day's wages". Proclaimed by Dorcas a stylish 24 year old cross border trader. Late in the afternoon, she sells her eggs at a small market stall in Bukavu which she had sourced at the Rwandan market early that morning. Eggs are carefully scrutinised by the border hygiene inspectors and if they aren't the approved quality, they are seized. Nyawera Market Stall, Buvavu, DR Congo 24 May 2013. Cross-border trade is an economic lifeline for the stalwart citizens along borders in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The DR Congo, and its neighbouring nations is the epi-centre of this trade, a region economically broken through decades of armed conflict, a region where corruption flourishes and its humble citizens flounder in profound poverty under an umbrella of poor governance. There are estimated more than 30 competing armed groups threatening the region, especially the M23 operating close to the Eastern capital of Goma creating waves of murder, rape and displacement. Conflict, accompanied by endemic poverty is the divisive weapon assaulting the citizens' daily. ? Carol Allen-Storey / International Alert / eyevine

The Gacuriro Vocational Training School was created by the government to provide skills for all. The school specialises in auto mechanics, carpentry, welding, tailoring, catering, and professional hair care. Students who attend this school are provided prospects for future employment to rebuild Rwanda and lift them out of the cycle of poverty. The student practices hair weaving on a doll.. 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

The Gacuriro Vocational Training School was created by the government to provide skills for all. The school specialises in auto mechanics, carpentry, welding, tailoring, catering, and professional hair care. Students who attend this school are provided prospects for future employment to rebuild Rwanda and lift them out of the cycle of poverty. Students learn the art of tailoring by creating clothing for each other. 25th May 2013 Kinyina District, 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 Al

James with his wife Faiha sit in their new home with their baby. Curiously a poster hangs on their wall featuring two white babies rather than black. He reminisces how horrific his life was whilst incarcerated in jail for a crime he never committed during the genocide but now he is filled with hope from beaching engaged with a programme teaching entrepreneurship skills. 24th May 2012 Kigali, 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 us

Veruste was an army sergeant before the Genocide War - he was in the music brigade and had no training using weapons. When the war began they ordered him to kill Tutsi, many of us did not follow orders. The realty was that the majority of murders were conducted locally by the young Interhamwe. I was in jail for a decade for crimes they committed. destroyed my life. Now I am rebuilding with the help of the dialogue club sponsored by International Alert. Their trauma counselling lifted me out of deep depression. 24th May 2012 Kimironko, 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

The teacher at the Adec-Ruhanga secondary school reviews with his 'Peace Club' students the lessons of building the foundation for peace beginning with describing with what are the major factors that create dissension and conflict in societies - beginning with the negative force of discrimination. Using cartoon drawings, powerful messages are conveyed. Gatumba, Rwanda 23rd May 2012 Photographer: ? Carol Allen-Storey. 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

Esperance, a Hutu survivor sits by her newly acquired cow from a micro-financing project funded by International Alert. For many years after the genocide war ended, she suffered from grinding poverty and a sense of isolation and was deeply depressed. Since becoming a member of the Dialogue Club in her village she no longer feel alone with my problems. 23rd May 2013 Gatumba, Rwanda Photography ? Carol Allen Storey . 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 inf

Esperance, a Hutu survivor sits by her newly acquired cow from a micro-financing project funded by International Alert. For many years after the genocide war ended, she suffered from grinding poverty and a sense of isolation and was deeply depressed. Since becoming a member of the Dialogue Club in her village she no longer feel alone with my problems. 23rd May 2013 Gatumba, Rwanda Photography ? Carol Allen Storey . 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 inf