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A man who is trusted by ladies of all walks of life, but not spared by many if the final result isn't desirable:P. Must be difficult taking so much responsibilty
Chittagong,Bangladesh.
Diana rests as the older ones sing, laugh, and catch up.
Gisimba Memorial Center
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali in Nyamirambo.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
July 15, 2006.
Street portrait of a boy taking a break from pushing a tire across the cityscape. He's not playing, he's working.
Everyday, across the world, children younger than this boy work to put food on the table.
Maputo, Mozambique. Afrika.
July, 2005.
(TMAX film.)
My dear friend, Peace, 19.
I'm looking for sponsors for the children of Gisimba Memorial Center. Please email me at camera_rwanda@yahoo.com if you are interested. You can also contact www.orphansofrwanda.org
Gisimba Memorial Center.
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali, in Nyamirambo.
Rwanda. Afrika.
June 29, 2006.
Street Life . Sunday Photo Walk . Downtown . 11th Street and New York Avenue, NW . WDC . Sunday afternoon, 11 December 2005
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There were several homeless men sitting on the various benches in this park. I'd mention to this man that since the fall of 2004 I had been photographing the 1101 New York Avenue block www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/sets/846734/ which is situated behind him. And though, in the past, and out of respect for the subjects, I had not photographed any of the homeless men and women who congregate in this particular park I now plan to introduce myself to them with hopes of capturing them in conjunction with my ongoing documentation of the redvelopment of the 1001 New York Avenue complex.
My memories of this park date back to the fall of 1972 when I'd catch trhe Greyhound bus from Southern Maryland to Washington DC to join friends who lived in College Park and who attended the University of Maryland.
Staying with them in College Park, over the weekend, we would visit the gay bars on 9th Street and go dancing gay dance clubs in SW and SE, The Pier 9 and The Lost and Found in, respectively.
Since the late 80's and through much of the 90's, in the fall and spring of the year, I would visit the uniform store at the corner of 11th and I Street where is where I'd purchase my seasonal supply of chef aprons for catering.
In photographing the redevelopment of the 1101 New York Avenue complex not only will I continue to focus on the architectural changes as well as the construction workers but, perhaps, so as to shed light on the issue of gentrification I have a responsibilty to document and capture the homeless people who congregate, sleep, and live in the park.
Once I got closer to this gentleman and would take some up-close shots of him I would learn that this man goes by Big Country.
To learn more about Big Country visit www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/73732822/.
Street Life series
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Gisimba Memorial Center.
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali in Nyamirambo.
Rwanda. Afrika.
June 30, 2006.
One from February out east, sharing responsibilty for the Phed piece with Corze, I did the PH and he added the ED...
Gismba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
(TMAX film.)
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
WELCOME to ADDA's MUSEUM of BAD THRIFT SHOP ART...(AMBTSA)
of course, now that you are a roving art critic, you will have to wear a beret & smoke hand-rolled cigs while you extenuate thru "ADDA'S MUSEUM OF THRIFT SHOP ART, the palladium of bad art"
Please do not touch the paintings for the paint is probally radoactive and your fingers will melt.
The MUSEUM takes no responsiblity of the extreme brain pain caused by viewing these paintings.
The management takes no responsibilty for the loss of eyesight caused by viewing these THRIFT STORE horrors.
you're on your own kid...burn & learn
CAUTION: Attending the MUSEUM may cause severe cases of disbelief!
Arrival Walk through Montreal-Trudeau International Airport in Montreal Quebec on Thursday afternoon, 4 August 2022 by Elvert Barnes Photography
JEROME GUIBORD
SHOOT STUDIO
YUL ART Program at www.admtl.com/en/adm/communities/social-responsibilty/art...
ART PUBLIX
Elvert Barnes PUBLIC ART 2022 at elvertxbarnes.com/publicart
Elvert Barnes 2022 MONTREAL GAY PRIDE docu-project at elvertxbarnes.com/montrealgaypride
Elvert Barnes AUGUST 2022 docu-project at elvertxbarnes.com/2022
A change of responsibility ceremony for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division was held between outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth R. Franco and incoming Command Sgt. Maj. Nema Mobarakzadeh, November 12, 2020, on Mountain Field, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Franco served as the brigade command sergeant major from June 2018 to November 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley M. Morris)
Captain Adriannos de Moore ,could often be seen surveying the vast ocean that lay before him , from his vantage point in the Crows nest of the Santa Esmaralda.The Cape lay ahead, he vowed he would not succumb .
The crew were used to his eccentric ways , but held him in high esteem. From De Moore's cabin , many's the night , the midnight oil burned . into the wee small hours ,the sounds of the stringed instrument called the Gibson, played sweet refrains into the night , and on other less solitary occasions De Moore,regaled the crew with tales of the strange and wonderful lands he had traversed , as the grog flowed, the Gibson , under De Moores skilful fingers , played tunes that caused many a salty dog , to abandon their cares and join in the hoe downs .. ......................weaving , and playing a percussive rythmn , Indiana de Stamtos , the first mate often played alongside the captain to the delight of the others, ............................
The young cabin boy a spirited young blade called Nelmac, was the bane of De Moore's life, however, the old sea captain felt a sense of responsibilty for the lad , times he felt he was truly an innocent abroad, however not for the first time , had he threatened, to keel hawl Nelmac as he had been caught at the rum , and always came up with a wild explanation , as to why. They made me test it captain De Moore, they said it didnt taste right, I had to , they made me.
Ah , the boy was a quick learner, and keen as mustard , and even cook , said that young Nelmac, that lad has a way with food, aye indeed , he scoffs more than double he should for such a scrawny young blade.
No , Cappin sir, he showed me the strange ways of the land down under, where he learned a strange thing , called , barrrbeeque. the boy had strange potions in a cache , hidden , and used to pour them on the portions of salt beef, and do magical things with the flames . ah captain , theres a bit of a wizard about young Nelmac, Ozsure about that
The new campus of Calcutta International School under construction.
Photo copyright Kanad Sanyal.
How things change: There was a time when intellectuals opposed opening or expansion of private schools, engineering colleges and other professional institutions. English was to be taught only from Class VI. The middle class suffered due to such "revolutionary" ideas coming from the intellectuals. Today - the taboo towards private institutions has receded. English is back in primary schools. But will these intellectuals take responsibilty for the debacle and causing so much harm to students for over twenty years?
When London Transport was split into the various bus operating companies, the coaches were set up at London Coaches. They also assumed responsibilty for the sightseeing tour.
Okay so LOTS of people ask me how I put my Middies on a Pure Neemo XS.
This is how I did it.
I AM NOT a customizer and most likely there are other ways to do this, but as so many people have asked I thought I would show y'all.
Please excuse the poor focus and the junk on the table. I took these shots a few weeks ago for a friend.
Picture 3 Once in place I attached the 'shell' that had been around the Middie body neck piece, over the bead. The bead is to substitute the bobble on the end of the Middie body.
This means the head will still turn and tilt without having to adapt the inside of the Middie head at all.
If you do not like how it looks you can replace the old body without any problems and with just the loss of a Pure Neemo XS body.
I'm pretty sure if you found a different doll body you could use this method.
***The heads can be quite loose and may turn a lot if the bead isn't big enough.. I think mine was 11mm.. I think I tried to find one the same size as the bobble on the Middie body.. but as I have mentioned before I did the converting several weeks ago and cannot remember precisely.
Hope this helps :)
*******DISCLAIMER******
I AM NOT A CUSTOMIZER AND IF THIS DOES NOT WORK I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY. LIKEWISE IF YOU SEVER A FINGER OR POKE OUT YOUR EYE WHILE ATTEMPTING THIS I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILTY AND WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE COSTS OF A BIONIC FINGER OR TERMINTAOR STYLE BEADY RED EYE.
Muslim mother, Maa ek institute hoti hai apney bachay k liay, bacha sab se pehlay apni maa se seekhta hai, ek muslim maa ko maloom hona chai hai k us ki responsibilties kia hain achi tarbiyat(training) hi us k bachay ko mashray main izzat aur maqam dila sakti hai,
Main ek bar Spain gaya apni teacher k sath aur Spain wo mulk hai jahan musalmano ne 800 saal hakumat ki, to main jab wahan theak usi tareekhi(historical) sahil pe gaya jis ka naam kabhi Gharnata tha, to samandar ko dekhtay huway main soch raha tha k ye wohi sahil hai jahan se Yousaf Bin Tashfain aai thay apne lashker k saath africa se,mere zehan main ek sawal aaya aur main ne apni teacher se poocha k "teacher ab hum main koi Mohammad Bin Qasim,koi Tariq Bin Zayad,Mosa bin Naseer, Sultan Salahuddin,Tipu Sultan,Yousaf bin Tashfain q nahi peada hota, q Al Tutmash jesa Hakim peada nahi hota" she smiles n reply"k pehlay tum ne jin heros ka naam lia hai unki mothers k bare main parho,jao aur jano k wo kon theen, wo quroon-e-ulla ki maa theen Assman ne kbhi unko nangay sar na dekha,jo muttaqi naik aur ibadat guzaar theen, aaj ki maa kia hai jb wo mini skirt pehn k kisi disco main wine pe rahi ho g to asi maa asay heros ko kesay janam de sakti hai jo amar ho jain history main" i get cleared i hope k aap sab bhi clear ho gai hon ge,
Apni maa,behan,biwi aur beti ko jo chahay gift dain car,bangla,mobile,jewlry kuch bhi but us k sath us ko ek islami book islamic history book zaroor dain ta k wo jan sakay k uski asal pehchan uska farz uski namoos kia hai.
Dua k talab gar ..
حى اعلى الفلاح
One of the older girls at Gisimba Memorial Center holds up the only artifact she has to remind her of her brother who was killed during the 1994 genocide. She asked me to take this picture.
Gisimba Memorial Center.
The girls' dormitory.
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali, in Nyamirambo.
Rwanda. Afrika.
August, 2006.
Gisimba Memorial Center.
The girls' dormitory.
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali, in Nyamirambo.
Rwanda. Afrika.
"Nightingale, tell me a tale: was your journey far too long?"
-Norah Jones
KwaZululand, South Africa.
July, 2005.
Support Gismba Memorial Center. Buy the book!: www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/559906
Leon "Godzilla" takes a picture of me.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
A Hackney resident makes a statement to The London Metropolitan Art Police this afternoon, after discovering this piece - thought to be the handiwork of the notorious Bin-Liner, who has been on The Art Police's most wanted list for several years. Residents disturbed the artist early this morning which caused him to exit at great speed, without finishing - the piece has therefore been categorised by experts as 'Trash Art'.
Whilst the motives for this attack are still uncertain at this moment - no artist or crew has so far formally claimed responsibilty, Hackney Council are presented with another complex street art conundrum - officials can't decide if this is art that should be conserved and listed by English Heritage or is a serious street art atrocity that should be eradicated...
With thanks to our photographers Alan Stanton, Lee Jordan and Wet Web Work who were all on the scene so quickly.
Alan, Prank Sky Media, Hackney
A riveting gaze that asks so many impossible questions.
I would like to have better answers.
Jinja, Uganda. Afrika.
July, 2005.
To sponsor an orphan in Jinja: www.pearlchildren.org/
(TMAX film.)
The bean pot is taken to be washed.
The children take turns washing up after lunch and dinner.
Gisimba Memorial Center
June 29, 2006.
Kigali, Rwanda. Africa.
Age:14,99 but I'm still young!
Monster Parent:Head Count Vampires/Demons
Killer Style:I luv dark colors and i mix them together with a little bit of rock and roll and also blood and skulls,But I can be a bit girly @ times!
Freaky Flaw:My cravings for blood can go out of control sometimes & also since i happen to be part demon when people get me mad or agrivated i'll go all demon mode on that person and i'll take their soul hehe!:)
Pet:Unknown(For NOW) since I still need to learn the responsibilty care of animals/pets since i lost alot of my previously owned pets.
Favorite Activity:Guitar playing(I luv the guitar that's how i became a fan of rock!)
Pet Peeve:I scare people with my demon body and sometimes i can go overboard!
Favorite Subject:Music History& Mad Science (Since i luv music & science is FUN!)
Least Favorite Subject:Well i have a plenty Math,Dead Languages,& Physical Deadication(i hate spelling tests,Math is hard,and running is so tiring and the teacher won't even let u fly if u have the ability too!)
Favorite Color:There are so many Red,Black,Purple,& Pink
Favorite Food:Blood it's what i crave and i love it to death! & also Bloody Pizza!!:)
BFF's:Adrianna Stein,Rabona Skeleton,& Derek Demon
Hope u like her she is originally my lil sister's custom but i helped her create the bio and her & she is also the cousin of draculaura and she is an orphan and she is under the care of draculaura's Parents. ;)
~divaray522
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILTY (Oct. 21, 2014) – Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to grapple as part of a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program “green belt” training session aboard the USS Makin Island, Oct. 21. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th MEU provides a versatile sea-based, expeditionary force that can be tailored to a variety of missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Laura Y. Raga/RELEASED)
"Keep Baby Johannesbuby Claen."
[Mispelling intentional.]
Hillbrow, Jo'Berg. South Africa.
July, 2005.
(TMAX film.)
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
Want to help send Gisimba orphans to college?
This carriage barn is one of the stone barns at Maymont (Richmond, Virginia) that I have noted in information about the park. This is the rear of the carriage barn; the front faces onto a beautiful hillside (which will be shown later). Beyond this barn, out of sight on the right, is a stone wall against which flowers grow; the back of the wall is shown below.
Although now in (and surrounded by) the city of Richmond, Maymont was the Victorian country estate of James and Sallie Dooley. On the National Register of Historic Places, it is considered a significant example of a Gilded Age country estate. It has been a public park for over 80 years.
James Henry Dooley served in the Civil War and later made his fortune in railroading. The Dooleys bought the 100 acre tract of rolling land on the north side of the James River in 1886, and Mrs. Dooley guided the creation of the grand estate. The property includes the 1893 stone mansion; several other substantial buildings, including stone barns; a large Japanese garden complete with a large pond; and an Italian garden that includes a waterfall. Mr. Dooley died in 1922 and his wife in 1925; having no children, Maymont was left to the city of Richmond to be used as a park. It opened to the public just six months after Mrs. Dooley's death. The private Maymont Foundation was established in 1975 to take over operations and upkeep responsibilties from the city; as no endowment was left by the Dooleys, a prime role of Maymont Foundation is fund raising (Maymont has no admission charge, but encourages donations).
So much joy and possibility at this place where nearly 200 children 2 - 22 live a safe life, and look forward to a future of peace and prosperity.
Want to help open doors?
If so, please email me at camera_rwanda@yahoo.com if you are interested in sponsoring a child at Gisimba Memorial Center here in Kigali, Rwanda.
Or you can visit "Orphans of Rwanda" ( orphansofrwanda.org ).
Afrika, July 2006.
I'm looking for sponsors for the children of Gisimba Memorial Center. Please email me at camera_rwanda@yahoo.com if you are interested.
"Mr Bean" Tuyishimire, 12.
Gisimba Memorial Center
Kigali, Rwanda. Central Afrika.
July 31, 2006.
3 horse power meets 2070 horse power
After the failure of 43106 on arrival at Bridgnorth with the 1245 train from Kidderminster due to a boiler problem' class 50.035 'ark royal' takes on the responsibilties and is seen on the start of the Eardington Bank decent with the 1600 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster service
Judgment is a responsibilty given to superiors... However not everyone given a jurisdiction can arbitrate.
Regards,
317th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conducted a change of responsibilty ceremony on June 4, 2019 at Spike Field, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Outgoing battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Richard E. Hinkle passed the guidon to Command Sgt. Maj. Jeremy M. Huizer. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Ashley M. Morris)
I just felt like showing it off. You know, just in case there was any confusion as to whether or not I actually had one.
Amon Munyaneza is a Rwandese pastor in Oregon. Charismatic and committed to changing young African lives for the better, he's recently broken ground for two primary schools in Kigale and Butare. Part of Pastor Munyaneza's vision entails feeding street children, then offering them a Christian education.
His congregation in Eugene is ever-growing, and testament to his influence can be seen a continent away, on these radiant children's faces.
Every Saturday, on the front yard of the "Living Faith Ministries" headquarters in Butare, about 55 children attend Bible Study. These Saturday afternoons are filled with music, dance, and offer the children a chance to be children--in fellowship.
In America, Amon hasn't forgotten where he's come from, and these children in the deep south of Rwanda look forward to his visits.
Africa Mission Alliance
Pastor Amon Munyaneza of Eugene, Oregon
Butare, Rwanda. Afrika.
July 7, 2006
Mother with Child Portraits from Rwanda By Kresta K.C. Venning Book Preview
Before dawn on January 2, the first working day of 1884, Conductor George Barber and Engineer Richard Jeffrey picked up their orders at the Hamilton Station and began their usual ritual. Jeffery read the order to Barder: their Special Freight No. 420 was to "Run to Queens Wharf avoiding regulars." The Hamilton operator called the attention of both men to the regular NO. 13 train traveling west from Toronto and told them that they would have to wait at Mimico Station until No. 13 cleared the main track. only then would they be given permission to proceed to their destination. Barber signed the order with the customary "32" signifying that he understoof his instructions. Freight 420 soon pulled out of hamilton.
At 7:00 a.m. the regular No. 13 suburban train left Toronto station in a snow storm and moved along the Humber bay. The dummy engine only pulled two passenger cars. On Board were at least 43 men on their way to work at the Bolt & Iron Factory on the Humber River. Many of them were the sole wage earners for their families. They included James Kelly, a blacksmith, who had none children ranging in age from 15 months to 19 years. The youngest employees were Charles Stanely and john Mackenzie, age 14, and Eddie Robinson, age 12.
John Kenndy, engine driver for the westbound suburben, later testified:
We were running on... as usual, and just after passing High Park I discerned the headlight of another engine. The other train was between 250 and 300 yards when i saw it. I immediately put on the brake and whistled for brakes on the cars. I did all I could.
Kennedy and two crewmen then jumped, They were not injured thanks to cushioned fresh snow.
The shriek of te whistle and squel of the brakes ceased with the thump of the impact. The suburban's dummy engine disappeared, but it boiler and the engine of Freight 420 came to a stop in the front passenger car. The boiler then burst spraying steam and water in all directions while the rear passenger car exploded in flames.
Those living nearby ran to the scene in order to help, but could no have been prepard for the sight awaiting them. A reported wrote, "Every possible phase of disfigurment was to be seen.... limbs cut, bloodied, mangled, half eaten away by fire. no horror was left to the imagination.... No nightmare of the wildest could show anything more awful than this scene... The relief part were obligated to almost tear men from under the wreck notwithstanding their groan and cries."
The three words repeated most frequently in the newspapers the next day were "mangled, scalded and burned." in all 32 died as an result of the collision. After the public funeral for 18 vixtims, Alex and William Turriff were buried in a ravine at the Toronto Necropolis Cemetery. Their mutal cause of death is inscribed on a zinc marker.
Immediately following the disaster, Conductor George Barber was jailed for his own protection because the public blamed him for the accident. They suspected that he was asleep in a caboose car when it took place. At the inquest he accepted full responsibilty for the event:
I was aware the suburban train was a regular train. I was aware it was my dty to avoid ths train. A conductor has full control of the running of the train. I read over the orders to the engineer, and he understood what they meant.... I forgot all about this train. We should of stopped at Mimico for order if I had thought of the suburban train.
Today commuter trans, buses and cars speed around Humber bay oblivious of the drama that occured there more than one hundred years ago. There is no plaque. Only lines on a few eroding gravestones in downtown cemeteries suggest that Toronto once had a horrendous train disaster.
An orphan writes her mini-biography in Kinyarwanda as part of the Gisimba Photography Project.
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
(TMAX film.)
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
Here at the orphanage, a gesture of love--subtle, silent, and inspiring.
Here at the orphanage, where technically there are no mothers, the children nurture and adore each other. Such mothering is awe-inspiring and makes us realize that all love, when it is pure, is like mother's love.
Gisimba Memorial Center.
A beautiful day.
Kigali, Rwanda.
For my family, especially my dad.)
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
(2nd upload, lighter this time...)
The text below is from www.orphansofrwanda.org
"Centre Memorial de Gisimba (Gisimba Memorial Center)
The Gisimba orphanage, located in the Nyamirambo quarter of Kigali, is led by Damas Mutezintare Gisimba. Damas's father founded the orphanage in 1980 with 18 children living in one house. Damas took over in 1986 after the death of his father. During the genocide Damas sheltered over 400 children and adults in the small orphanage compound from the predations of the interahamwe [the Hutu paramilitary squads that carried out much of the genocide]. Though the orphanage was repeatedly menaced, Damas and his colleagues held their ground and did not give in to the genocidaires. He has been honored for his heroism by the Rwandan government and many other organizations.
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected."
PLEASE DONATE TO ORPHANS OF RWANDA.
Diana eats lunch after her morning classes have finished. Diana was brought to the orphanage just after her first birthday. She is exceptionally loving and outgoing.
Gisimba Memorial Center
June 29, 2006.
Kigali, Rwanda. Africa.
130306-N-YQ852-034
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILTY (Mar. 06, 2013) Sailors conduct a routine maintenance check on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the “Purple Foxes” of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364 aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). Rushmore is a part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shawnte Bryan/Released)
is the heart split wide open, in a good way.
I think that if you can look at these kids and relate to them, to their state of being, you know you're in a good place...It's no great mystery, then, that we find ourselves happy when in the presence of children...Happiness isn't conditional or situational, it's a spiritual force already and all ready within us...Children haven't forgotten this, but sadly, many adults have...let's remind each other, shall we?
These are the beautiful children of Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda.
June, 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
The text below is from www.orphansofrwanda.org
"Centre Memorial de Gisimba (Gisimba Memorial Center)
The Gisimba orphanage, located in the Nyamirambo quarter of Kigali, is led by Damas Mutezintare Gisimba. Damas's father founded the orphanage in 1980 with 18 children living in one house. Damas took over in 1986 after the death of his father. During the genocide Damas sheltered over 400 children and adults in the small orphanage compound from the predations of the interahamwe [the Hutu paramilitary squads that carried out much of the genocide]. Though the orphanage was repeatedly menaced, Damas and his colleagues held their ground and did not give in to the genocidaires. He has been honored for his heroism by the Rwandan government and many other organizations.
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected."
PLEASE DONATE TO ORPHANS OF RWANDA.