of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use the protect the climate boost clean energy solutions and reforestation. interactive content to inspire people to take action. in series of global 3000 t.w. and online. these young people in rwanda are lined up outside a stadium in the capital kigali but they're not here to see a football match or a music concert. they're here to remember the victims of the 1994 genocide when hutu extremists slaughtered hundreds of thousands of tutsis and other minority groups. but this. these put those 2 little it was the worst day of my life. our neighbors came to our home and

murdered my family their discrete. up to 1000000 people were killed over the course of just 100 days. most of this crowd weren't even born to they're here today to audition for a t.v. talent show. on show. it will be one of the months. show is called east africa's got talent it's similar to programs that are broadcast in europe and the u.s. . in the 3rd simon is in charge of the auditions like many others. here simon

lost family members in the genocide to one his young people know the history of the massacre but on days like this they try to forget about it for a while still you know we're just. we're moving on we're moving along we don't want to be held by what's happened in the past we want to move on we want to look for the future and it doesn't but the odds you all know we are in the period of 100 days of the ritual and just this thing is part of it so we remember we are night and then didn't you so we have a new ourselves and this is part of the new york about what what what what one of my one people are called up to audition. and this one was a has come here with a friend who is an aspiring singer. for nasa herself is too shy to sign up for the show she's a survivor of the genocide. but that. new via email and i

think this show is great there aren't many jobs for young people in rwanda but they all want to blacken make their dreams come true well this might give them a chance. that he could wind up what we would have won by need. for national and simon 1st met at a support group for genocide survivors. he's become a surrogate father to her. the effects of the genocide are reflected even today in various aspects of rwandan culture was a on. a performing arts group called rehearses a play that deals in part with bonus a story. all i have left this bloodstained. which. nest cruelty the role of

a knesset as played by my own. internet has parents died in the genocide when she was just an infant i don't know much about you on. what did you look like. did i have ringback your eyes confused a young fragile child she represents a lot of these days we have a lot of questions and that's basically what i'm doing in this scene with orson she's asking her mom about her history did you know it's it's difficult because her mom is new to the. sound of. a singer named rosetta plays vanessa's mother as the woman lay dying she asked a young girl to take the baby to safety. for tuesday for. did you know marie was a would to. * us. this

is the real vanessa she was rescued by grace a woman a model a hutu who was 13 years old at the time grace put her life at risk for saving the life of a tutsi. grace and vanessa still live together today along with grace's biological children. yes. after the genocide life was hard for me because there were still tensions between the ethnic groups and. we tried to get along with each other but it wasn't easy. people used to call me insulting names all the time on how good david cooley influenced. one of those names was cockroach a derogatory term the hutus often used to describe tutsis. if any could be taken away have only one with things are different today at school the kids are taught

that we're all citizens of rwanda and acquitted casey and that there were no differences between us fit to get any kind of calling and of course. the name of the play is generation $25.00 it tells the story of a nessa and several others who were born in the year after the genocide took place . but going to tell them. that. you have a lot of questions and we're hungry for the truth we want to know what's up but it's so hard to really get these questions obviously could indicate. the group's founder and artistic director hope says that genocide is a recurring theme in rwandan society. to be honest there are some questions regarding genocide that just have no answer. because it's a unique evil it's

a unique ideology that is written well and sometimes it just blows your mind that a human being just wakes up one morning and a human being in that class and walks out of them and the beast in them is in thrall. and how do we open for that this so i'm just. wishing that this young generation can detect to this beast and suppress that. the genocide came to an end in july 994 when a rebel group the rwandan patriotic front overthrew the government the r.p.s. has led the country since then and has turned for wanda into a model african state economic growth is strong the streets are clean and corruption levels are low. but the r.p.s.

government has also imposed strict limits on political rights and civil liberties because the authorities claim that the country is still threatened by hutu militias . we are now on our way to eastern congo after r.p. of troops put a stop to the massacres hundreds of thousands of hutus fled to the forests near the border because they feared reprisal attacks by rwanda's tutsi led government. there are still occasional outbreaks of violence in the region. the united nations is trying to stabilize the situation in eastern congo part of that effort involves offering sanctuary to rebels who agree to stop fighting. those who want to surrender simply call a hotline. talks to a rebel who wants to turn himself in. saying you have no weapons right

where you are right now. try to get to tongo we can perhaps pick you up there. are places. where they went in ones out. many fighters still fear that if they return to rwanda the authorities will punish them. this 25 year old rwandan fighter has nothing to be afraid of he had nothing to do with the killings back then and we try to explain that to them. even men who are now 30 which children during the genocide but the militia leaders are playing on the fears of those who fight for them thank you for this it's. the 1st stop for those fighters who managed to escape is a un reception camp. in

sa by monash was a member of the rwandan militia group until he found out about the un resettlement program and. he's given a thorough medical examination perhaps the 1st one he's ever had. a man and knows little about rwanda he was born in congo his parents fled there after the genocide. it was a long trip but i'm safe now and i hope the un will continue to help me my future will be different now. he says his parents would never consider going back to probe wanda. here

talks to students about the various militia groups that are now operating in eastern congo. he asks the audience what is the primary function of these soldiers. the other students have a laugh at that remark. the rosa explains that the militia group. yes whether they are from rwanda or congo are terrorizing the civilian population the f t l r is especially notorious in the region. this one is that they've even. these rebels are taking advantage of the local residents of the us and. the soldiers need meat they steal a coat from someone. if they want a woman or a young girl. they take one from the very villages they say they are protecting says all. the rebels recruit local boys and teach them how to use

weapons. well those boys don't go to school either. we try to convince the locals not to support the rebel groups because it will bring nothing but trouble. after in something and another ex rebel hubby man i'm always finish their meal they'll be transported to rwanda as part of the government's reintegration effort. i'm really happy right now if i had wings i would fly. i'm going back to my home and i got away from the rebels and i'm glad i did i say. have a mano was born in rwanda in 1994 the year of the genocide so he's part of generation

$25.00 his parents fled to the congo and took their infant son with them. obviously these 2 young men had nothing to do with the massacre. the sons are paying a price for crimes committed by their parents to. aeration. as they cross the border it seems like they're in a different world but pro wanton society is still dealing with the effects of the genocide. this former catholic church in the village of entire house serves as a memorial to the 5000 people who were killed here in just one day.

though. it is. the remains of genocide victims are still being found in rwanda once the bodies have been identified relatives can make funeral arrangements. this helps to give the families a sense of closure. a

national memorial service is held every year president paul kagame exposed at the $21000.00 of bend and. won't miss with this when the death toll will from outside. i want to sit. with miss stuck with them big time big to thank. the speech was well received by cook i'm a supporters his threat against rwanda's enemies was almost certainly directed against the congo based f t l r militia thank you. here the theatre group continues there were heard. this part of the play deals with a young man whose father took part in the genocide how does he cope with the terrible legacy of those crimes there's no more.

she says and. most. but that she says she's seen most. sometimes the truth cuts sometimes the truth sticks out somewhere but it's the same thing that if you write being doomed and for they want to hear you have to be true right you can know tough rugby it will have have to be so claiming to be so and sometimes is paying for but to needs to heal we are all trying to rebuild a new image that is and an image of unity and a consolation prize hard as it may be i mean people still people still have you know everything is still sensitive but only one step at a time and yet people do so share their stories but it's not we don't come up saying and the victims and perpetrators keep. it. coming while the

2 former rebels are arrive at a reintegration camp in rwanda. they'll take part in an extensive government run training program that aims to prepare them . or civilian life so. that you know no i've been here less than an hour and i like it already this is a good place as what is. called a mana recognizes a few of his former brothers in arms. in recent years tens of thousands of former rebels have voluntarily returned to rwanda. but 1st some are skeptical about the every integration program but in any case they're glad that they don't have to fight anymore. the next morning there's a special assembly. they're

singing a song that praises the rwandan state its main themes are peace unity and reconciliation there are no longer any official distinctions between hutus and tutsis. there. afterward a psychologist talks about how to deal with trauma he says it can help to talk openly about these experiences most of these men have never done that. there is no statute of limitations on crimes committed during the genocide those found to have taken part can still be prosecuted. no one knows why i'm seldom honest parents stayed in congo he doesn't know where he's going to live after he leaves the reintegration camp perhaps with relatives. but

hubby munna will soon meet members of his family. and the manager of the facility was one of the soldiers who helped to end the genocide. many of his relatives were killed in the massacres but now he believes that it's essential to bring hutus and tutsis together. the. talking about who it is and tutsis doesn't invite what but to hear we do talk about it. their way of. teaching these people to go day is that the or broad we have already traveled it up on a new course mission. but the rebel leaders in eastern congo continue to preach the ideology of genocide more. interest in batumi told us that they

had killed people which is and that's why they had to leave for a wonder one obstacle that's all i know is it they didn't like to talk about it. and we keep 20 as they pass to get us to. being cut by their ideology and by war by climate but everything by talking it helps them. just to heal their own and look office about life. the next day camp officials give hubby manas some money and permission to visit his family for 3 days it's an important part of the reintegration process but it will. have to.

be manna hasn't seen his mother for 10 years she returned to rwanda when he was a teenager he stayed with the rebels. i'm so happy that my child has come back to me. through. all of the neighbors are glad to see him too some of them are hutus others are too it seems they tell him that it's hard to make a living out here in the countryside and. i see a 100 years to china when we were in the congo we always hoped that we'd find gold but we never did. in the cool i wonder what sort of walk i can find when they i what my future will be like. vanessa asks herself the same questions she'd like to start her own business

someday but right now she doesn't have the money to continue her education. here she and her neighbors are taking part in the government's compulsory cleanup program which takes place once a month it's called gunda which translates as coming together in common purpose. the perpetrators and victims of genocide work side by side but for vanessa it's still difficult to discuss the events of that time in her life support to lose going to be cool i always think that someone else has to speak fully now if it was who i can't express but i really feel that if i could i'd have a better life to that i'd probably be able to find a job now what it was but i just can't get the words on kid so i always have to depend on others to help me. so.

we've come to the annual ceremony that commemorates the victims of the genocide it's called. which means to remember. director hope a zeta and her theater group are holding a final rehearsal before their performance where. the production manager is simon a young woman who earlier organized the auditions for the t.v. show. the premiere of the play generation 25 will take place at the genocide memorial in ca golly 250000 victims are buried here that this is a place that calls for going to by detention this is split a special place that speaks to us so you if you're going to go for years and branded dust as a round it's not going to be you want it's quite easy with the space with you here

for this business press is a very special space it does us but that doesn't you have for me i least. i you i would together. it's more like that yeah well yes there are more than a 1000 people come to see the play and most of them are actually part of generation 25. it's only 6 and extended to satisfy some like the nasa may have experienced the horrors of the genocide firsthand others like the x. rebels may feel guilty about the crimes committed by their parents' generation. yet. i wasn't sure about it but said. what's what's left. but this play is just part of a long and difficult process of reconciliation. the

foremans is a big success not least because the cast addressed complex and painful issues that still dominate rwandan society. right it. was. never done is a really important skill given that she should be kept because the stories are just so terrifying they're terrifying and that's something that i wish one that will never experience never again read to us ambassador sends congratulations that was so wonderful at the right sure you have crossed paths in. 8 as you say 2nd if it was still yes it was yes it was yes if it wasn't

as. we've come to simon iowa i miss home where he and his family are hosting a dinner for a few. friends. monday guest is for nessa she enjoys meeting other members of the survivors group. simon met his future wife at a meeting of a similar support organisation these groups have been set up across the country and vanessa says they do a lot of good. will and last that i found this group. i like being around these people who sound. the same on to simon is like a father or brother to us he's older than we i'm always happy to see him that we meet people from different generations and have a meal i really enjoy it just. some of simon's relatives are also here along with a few members of his extended family of genocide survivors he says it's important

for them to meet regularly and provide support for each other. we all have different stories or have different experiences of dave and it's it's a vast blow pick a team based human reason the truth is love and we play it is part. of how we can move forward said but after dinner simon's baby daughter your arena is formally introduced to the guests this ceremony is a tradition in many vote one families because it helps to promote a sense of community of the. good 25 years ago such traditions were very nearly destroyed and i wonder. you know that for many the psychological trauma of the genocide is still very real those who lived

through it like the nasa are learning to cope but it's a long and complex process. and the message hopes to have children of her own one day. when she was the same age as rena she lay helpless next to her dying mother it but she survived. the. and now comes look at me on the station of late years especially as you can. bloody near putin in the middle of his election campaign to turn the camera back on course in the year 2000 a documentary secretly chronicled the power grab and. actually want everything was

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