Rwanda

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The Photo Memorial at the Kigali Memorial Centre in downtown Kigali, Rwanda, showing just a fraction of the some 1.1 million people killed in the 1994 genocide.

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The Photo Memorial at the Kigali Memorial Centre in downtown Kigali, Rwanda, showing just a fraction of the some 1.1 million people killed in the 1994 genocide.

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A single red rose of remembrance sits atop one of the mass graves at the Kigali Memorial Centre in downtown Kigali, Rwanda.

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Ruth, an 11 year old girl from Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

A young girl from Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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Bonheur, an 11 year old boy from Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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Ahimana, a 14 year old girl picking trash from a community trash pile in Gatovu Community, Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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Moses, Kevin, and Solange, young children picking trash from a community trash pile in Gatovu Community, Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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A young man hauls water in jerry cans in Kisaro, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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A young boy in Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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Happy children in Kisaro, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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A man holds two jerrycans of water filled at the local village tap in Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda. Although it has abundant rainfall, Rwanda lacks sufficient storage, collection, catchment and/or distribution systems to supply water to its people, and thus many people spend hours each day hauling water from the local tap to their home.

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A man's muddy hand holds a jerrycan of water filled at the local village tap in Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda. Although it has abundant rainfall, Rwanda lacks sufficient storage, collection, catchment and/or distribution systems to supply water to its people, and thus many people spend hours each day hauling water from the local tap to their home.

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A young boy at a water tap in Kisaro, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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A young boy from Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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A young boy in Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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Uwamaliya Delphine, a Rwandan woman from Gatovu Community in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda, carries a jerrycan of water from the local village tap on her head. Although it has abundant rainfall, Rwanda lacks sufficient storage, collection, catchment and/or distribution systems to supply water to its people, and thus many people spend hours each day hauling water from the local tap to their home.

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Byukusenge, a young boy in Kisaro, Rulindo District, Rwanda, carries two jerry cans of water back to his home.

A young girl drinks a glass of safe drinking water outside the Kisaro Community Clinic in Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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Mukagahima, an elderly woman from Kisaro, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

A young boy prepares to carry a jerrycan of safe water from a small, protected spring in Nyankenke, Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

A young boy carries two jerrycans of safe water from a small, protected spring in Nyankenke, Kisaro Sector, Rulindo District, Rwanda.

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Young boys haul jerry cans of water in wheelbarrows through the rural streets of Rulindo District, Rwanda.