RWANDA today is far from its 1994 reality. And yet, we still associate it solely 
with the dirty remnants of the genocide. I was more struck by how well the country
has pulled itself back together a mere decade from the mass murder of 800,000
people. The future of Rwanda will soon be in the hands of a new generation of
Rwandese, some of them barely old enough to have any solid memory of the genocide.

A child reads aloud in Kinyarwanda at the Kigali Harvest School in Rwanda's capital.
A young student sits in class at Kigali Harvest School in Kigali, Rwanda.
Recess time a Kigali Harvest School in Kigali, Rwanda.
A child runs, guiding a bicycle tire with a stick, along a dirt road just outside the town of Gisenyi, Rwanda.
Abdalla Karegeya, a young artist for the Art.Edecor sign painting company in Kigali, stands in front of his company's Nido Milk advertisement and holds some custom motorcycle decals he just finished painting.
A girl stands outside an elementary school on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda.
Children share a bed at an orphanage in the eastern Rwanda village of Rwamagana.
17-year-old Elias Bizimana shows off IKEA catalogue pages that he pasted on the walls around his sleeping area at an orphanage in Rwamagana, Rwanda. The 1994 Genocide left many parentless children in its wake, making today's Rwanda a country with one of the highest percentages of orphans in the world.
Children walk near a small but busy road linking Kigali and the western village of Butare.
Schoolchildren pass notes during class, Kigali, Rwanda.
A girl takes an afternoon nap at an orphanage in Rwamagana, Rwanda.
Schoolchildren play at recess in Kigali, Rwanda.
Nine-month-old Norbert Mukasine is strapped to his mother Vestine for her graduation from a government program that aims to rehabilitate Hutu Rwandans who fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to escape repercussions for their roles in the 1994 Genocide. Many rebels return because they grow tired of fighting in the jungles of the Congo for such little pay, food, or opportunity.
New government and NGO initiatives to find prostitutes more productive jobs in Rwanda are helping young women like Francine Yambabariye get off the streets. They typically get work as house cleaners, street cleaners or farmers.
A girl stands and smiles during break period at primary school in Kigali, Rwanda.
A girl waits for her mother at a women's legal counseling centre in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan women turn to such organizations for help dealing with anything from domestic, financial or child disputes when there is no other avenue for them.
A boy's toy gun sits on his desk during a quiz, Kigali, Rwanda.