When the killing started in the spring of 1994, more than 50,000 Tutsi citizens were instructed by local Rwandan authorities to gather at the Murambi Technical Institute for protection. They were massacred with grenades, machine guns and machetes. Only ten survived.
The genocide against Tutsi, during which more than one million people were killed in three months, happened less than a generation ago. The country still struggles to come to grips with the legacy of ethnic cleansing as both victims and perpetrators work towards unity and reconciliation.
RAINDROPS OVER RWANDA, a short film about the genocide and work of the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda is available for free via SnagFilms.com.
Explore.org will donate up to $50,000 to the Kigali Memorial Centre to fund crucial education programs if RAINDROPS OVER RWANDA receives 50,000 views on July 18th.