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   Here are some images from Tanzania and Rwanda from my visit there in March, 2008.
We took a ferry to Zanzibar about 90 minutes from Dar Es Salaam. There is something very peaceful about a latern rigged dhou.This three year old girl and her five year old brother have AIDS. They are orphans, being cared for by their Aunt.The remains of 10,000 Tutsis are in this catacomb, built in the grounds of the former Catholic Church where they were massacred.More remains of the 10,000 victimsFlowers and some spare coffins are all that is now inside this church - scene of the massacre of 10,000 Tutsi in 1994
Daniel from Bible Society NSW, getting his handprint on the Hands for Hope muralRwandans love to sing and danceRwandans love to sing and dance
The Gacaca Courts, held outside to try those accused of taking part in the Genocide of 1994, are an effective way of restoring hope and justice.Local school children present plays and songs that deal with the issue of reconcilation, while the accused sit impassively - watching.School children at the Gacaca courts - reneacting the drama of the GenocideWe had just finished getting the school children at this school in Gisenyi to do hand prints on calico sheets, when it started to rain. What better place to wash the paint off than under the rain falling off the school gutters.Primary school children with their Reconciliation text books
Who is this old guy with the camera ... in the streets of Dar Es Salaam
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These images were taken on a visit to Kenya and Uganda in 2005 for Bible Society NSW. We visited the slums of Nairobi and Kampala.