Like many children, four-year-old Arian Umutoni’s favorite food was cake. Her favorite drink was milk, and she loved to sing and dance.
She was killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, stabbed in the eyes and head.
12-year-old Francine Murengezi Ingabire, who loved eggs and chips, was spotted to death with a machete.
As the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall toured the children’s room at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda, they couldn’t help but be deeply moved.
Stopping to look at the smiling young people watching from the windows of the memorial, they read about children’s favorite things, typical children’s entertainment like playing with their fathers and dreams of becoming doctors before the horrific reality of their death by ethnic Hutus is described in detail below .
“Terrible,” the prince said, while his wife added, “What can people do to people?”
For the prince, who has a special interest in genocide and reconciliation, the visit was an opportunity to “listen and learn”.
He later called on the world to learn from atrocities, warning that they should never be repeated. He hopes to use the experience to “bring together people struggling with such problems,” he said.
Meanwhile, the duchess embraced survivor Uzamukunda Walida, who was gang-raped during the genocide.
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