Chantal and Jacqueline, Rwandan Hutu refugee twin sisters who fled their country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and who have lost their family, are photographed in the hope of being recognized and found by their relatives. In Kibumba Camp, in Zaire (DR Congo), children without family are photographed in a mobile studio to facilitate their identification. From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families. Aid organizations came up with the idea of photographing children and organizing exhibitions.

A Rwandan Hutu refugee boy, who fled his country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and who has lost his family, is photographed in Kibumba Camp, Zaire, in the hope of being recognized and found by his relatives. From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families. Aid organizations came up with the idea of photographing them in mobile studios and organizing exhibitions to facilitate their identification.

In a refugee camp near Goma in Zaire (DR Congo), Rwandan Hutu refugee women who fled their country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and who have lost their family, look at portraits of children pined on boards to identify their relatives. From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families. Mobile photo studios and exhibitions were organized by aid organizations to facilitate identification of these children.

In a refugee camp near Goma in Zaire (DR Congo), Rwandan Hutu refugees who fled their country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and who have lost their family, look at portraits of children pined on boards to identify their relatives. From April to July 1994, some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families. Mobile photo studios and exhibitions were organized by aid organizations to facilitate identification of these children.

Simon, a Rwandan Hutu refugee boy who fled his country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and who had lost his family, clasps his grandmother Seraphine in his arms in Mudaka Camp in Zaire (DR Congo). She has just been found again after a year of separation and research. From April to July 1994, some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families. Mobile photo studios and exhibitions were organized by aid organizations to facilitate identification of these children.

In a refugee camp near Goma, Zaire (DR Congo), a Rwandan Hutu refugee boy who fled his country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, plays and smiles. From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families.

In a refugee camp in Zaire (DR Congo), Rwandan Hutu children who fled their country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and who have lost their family, are at a school created by refugee teachers to maintain the education of the children. From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families.

Two Rwandan refugees in a camp in Zaire (DR Congo), who fled their country during Rwandan Genocide. From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families.

Two traumatized Rwandan Hutu refugee boys, who fled their country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, are treated in the psychiatric clinic of the Frères de la Charité (Brothers of Charity) in Zaire (DR Congo). From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families.

Portrait of a Rwandan Hutu refugee boy in Kamanyola Camp, Zaire (DR Congo), who fled his country during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and who has lost his family. From April to July 1994 some one-and-a-half million Rwandans fled their country. In the confusion, 27,000 children were separated from their families.

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