Facts and more...
Facts and Statistics
-The life expectancy of Rwandan people is 58.44 years old.
-More than 6 men, women and children were murdered every minute of every hour of every day.
-There are about 300,000-400,000 survivors of the genocide.
- Between 250,000-500,000 woman were raped during the genocide; about 20,000 children were born to women because of this.
-7 in 10 survivors earn a monthly income of less than 5,000 Rwandan Francs which is equivalent to 8 American Dollars.
-The life expectancy of Rwandan people is 58.44 years old.
-More than 6 men, women and children were murdered every minute of every hour of every day.
-There are about 300,000-400,000 survivors of the genocide.
- Between 250,000-500,000 woman were raped during the genocide; about 20,000 children were born to women because of this.
-7 in 10 survivors earn a monthly income of less than 5,000 Rwandan Francs which is equivalent to 8 American Dollars.
Quotes
-“If the pictures of tens of thousands of human bodies being gnawed on by dogs do not wake us out of our apathy, I do not know what will.“
Undersecretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan in 1994, as quoted in The East Africa 18 March 1996.
-“The whole world failed Rwanda…“
Words attributed to UN staff members under Secretary-General Kofi Annan, reported by Philip Gourevitch in Annals of Diplomacy: The Genocide Fax, New Yorker, 11 May 1998.
- “It was as if we were taken over by Satan. When Satan is using you, you lose your mind. We were not ourselves. We had been attacked by the devil."
Gitera Rwamuhizhi---Hutu Farmer
- "I was not talking with humans. I was literally talking with evil." – On his talks with genocide leaders
General Roméo Dallaire---Head of the UN Belgian Peacekeeper unit in Rwanda
Undersecretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan in 1994, as quoted in The East Africa 18 March 1996.
-“The whole world failed Rwanda…“
Words attributed to UN staff members under Secretary-General Kofi Annan, reported by Philip Gourevitch in Annals of Diplomacy: The Genocide Fax, New Yorker, 11 May 1998.
- “It was as if we were taken over by Satan. When Satan is using you, you lose your mind. We were not ourselves. We had been attacked by the devil."
Gitera Rwamuhizhi---Hutu Farmer
- "I was not talking with humans. I was literally talking with evil." – On his talks with genocide leaders
General Roméo Dallaire---Head of the UN Belgian Peacekeeper unit in Rwanda
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Links
For more information on Rwanda and the Rwandan Genocide visit these websites...
-http://survivors-fund.org.uk/resources/rwandan-history/statistics/
-http://history1900s.about.com/od/rwandangenocide/a/Rwanda-Genocide.htm-http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm
-http://www.history.com/topics/rwandan-genocide
-http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/rwandan-genocide
-http://survivors-fund.org.uk/resources/rwandan-history/statistics/
-http://history1900s.about.com/od/rwandangenocide/a/Rwanda-Genocide.htm-http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm
-http://www.history.com/topics/rwandan-genocide
-http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/rwandan-genocide