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Orphans In Rwanda NPR's Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports from Rwanda on the tens of thousands of young people who have become heads of their households in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. More than 500,000 people died in the killings, leaving more than 300,000 children to live in homes without parents.

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Orphans In Rwanda

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NPR's Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports from Rwanda on the tens of thousands of young people who have become heads of their households in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. More than 500,000 people died in the killings, leaving more than 300,000 children to live in homes without parents.