Gisimba Memorial Center
Gisimba Memorial Center, originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.
Gisimba Memorial Center
She asked me to take this photograph…the gesture feels like a little offering…like a little Valentine…
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
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The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected.”