The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre was opened on the 10th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, in April 2004. The Centre came about after the Government of Rwanda and survivors of the Rwandan genocide visited the UK’s Holocaust Centre (where Aegis Trust is based in the UK) and subsequently invited the Aegis Trust to work with them to build, not only a place for survivors to remember their loved ones with dignity, but also a place of learning and education for Rwanda, the region and the world. Aegis continues to manage the centre in partnership with the Kigali City Council.
The Kigali Memorial Centre comprises a main historical exhibition about the Rwandan genocide, a Children’s Memorial exhibition and an exhibition on comparative genocide, called Wasted Lives. From the Kigali Memorial Centre, Aegis operates the National Genocide Documentation Centre, the National Genocide Education Programme, a Social Programme to support Survivors and Aegis Students Rwanda. The sight has over ten acres of memorial gardens containing fourteen mass graves where around 250,000 victims of the genocide are laid to rest. The memorial centre is also a clear reminder of the cost of ignorance and inaction.
During the seminar you will spend time at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, visiting the exhibition and memorial gardens and visiting other memorials and sites of genocide around Rwanda.
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