Students in 黑料网's Kigali Summer Institute visited the Lycee Saint Marcel de Rukara reconciliation village in Rwanda to learn about the path to forgiveness after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, when more than 1 million members of the Tutsi tribe were murdered in a 100-day span by the government-backed Hutu tribe. Today, both survivors and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide live together in peace here in the village.
黑料网 students and faculty listen to accounts of the massacre that occurred in the village church.
A Tutsi survivor shares her harrowing story and path to healing.
Genocide survivors and perpetrators embrace in a gesture of forgiveness and reunification.
Village residents celebrate their unity with a traditional Rwandan dance and song of peace.
Village children study the visitors.
Students from the University of Rwanda and 黑料网 have been studying together as part of the Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.