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Rwanda: genocide remembered

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PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES<br/> <br />PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />In the months following the Rwandan bloodbath of 20 years ago these simple photographs helped to change shattered lives.<br/> <br />They were used by Save the Children to reunite youngsters and their families who became separated during the 100 days of genocide.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) HANNAH MATTHEWS, SAVE THE CHILDREN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I think for many children, and without exaggerating, this could be the only photograph and documentation of their childhood."<br/> <br />Floduard was 15 when he and his younger brother and sister fled for their lives after witnessing the slaughter of their parents.<br/> <br />Another sister, just a baby at the time, died because they were too young to look after her.<br/> <br />Now a 35-year-old father of three, the memories of what happened do not fade.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(kinkyarwanda) FLODUARD, FORMER CHILD DISPLACED BY RWANDA GENOCIDE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"When t

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