Information about FAMA-an incredible NGO serving the Great Lakes region of Africa-with a focus on Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo

6. RWANDA The Genocide Memorial in Kigali, has 13 mass graves which hold the remains of over 250,000 victims of the genocide.

11. Rape Victims War brings with it a multitude of horrendous consequences. One was rape of women and girls. Some women and girls were raped by dozens of men while their parents, husbands and children were forced to watch. Victimized women and girls committed suicide because they were ashamed to appear in public. Some women were ostracized or even kicked out by their families. Others contracted HIV. Others bore children conceived when they were raped. These children are unwanted and are tormented by horrible memories. In some cases, even some of the husbands and children committed suicide because their wives, mother and sisters were raped.