Patricia Nakabonye, about 60, Cyayove village, Mbazi sector, Huye. Her husband and nine children were killed in the 1994 genocide. She was hit with a machete and left for dead. She woke to find herself under a pile of bodies. She lives alone. She gets the small stipend for genocide survivors. The project and the training gave her the confidence to carry on. She now gets a good yield from her land. "I had many cows before the genocide and they were all eaten so when ALDI gave me this cow I was really happy about it. I use the manure on my fields and now I get good yields. I also get a l


Patricia Nakabonye, about 60, Cyayove village, Mbazi sector, Huye. Her husband and nine children were killed in the 1994 genocide. She was hit with a machete and left for dead. She woke to find herself under a pile of bodies. She lives alone. She gets the small stipend for genocide survivors. The project and the training gave her the confidence to carry on. She now gets a good yield from her land. "I had many cows before the genocide and they were all eaten so when ALDI gave me this cow I was really happy about it. I use the manure on my fields and now I get good yields. I also get a litre of milk a day." Photograph by Mike Goldwater


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Location: Mbazi, Huye, Rwanda
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