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Photographs: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz Visits Rwanda

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061705pdw-2376sm June 17, 2005. World Bank President Wolfowitz with His Excellency President Paul Kagame after he made a courtesy call on the Rwandan Head of State.
Photographer: James Kakwerere

 

 

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June 17, 2005. World Bank President Wolfowitz with Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda's minister for finance and planning during a press conference held at the Kigali International Airport .
Photographer: James Kakwerere

 

 

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June 17, 2005.  World Bank President Wolfowitz with country staff  members donning traditional ladies' garb, from left, Chantal  Kajangwe, Josianne Niyonkuru, Dimitri Mukanyirigira, and Nadege Uwineza.
Photographer: James Kakwerere

 

 

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June 17, 2005.  Young Rwandan ladies perform a harvest dance at a dinner for the Private Sector.Over 90% of the country’s  population are subsistence farmers. The first harvest is traditionally celebrated with songs , dances and drinks in a colorful ceremony known as “Umuganura”. Villagers assemble and share the first harvest. 
Photographer: James Kakwerere


 

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June 17, 2005.  A young lady leads the world famous "Intore" (elites) dancers . The energetic war dance has  won several  prizes during   International cultural dance competitions.
Photographer: James Kakwerere

 

 

061605pdw-2094smDescription: June 16, 2005. Children from an orphanage in the Rwandan capital, Kigali enjoyed the President’s visit. The 1994 genocide destroyed the country’s social fabric, leaving several hundred thousand children without parents or homes. 
Photographer: James Kakwerere

 

061605pdw-2114smDescription: June 16, 2005. Young and lively: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz struck a chord with Rwandan youth during his visit and mentioned how impressed he was at their determination to make a better life.
Photographer: James Kakwerere

 

061605pdw-2197smDescription: June 16, 2005. Coffee drying at the Ndera coffee processing plant. The station buys coffee from growers in the surrounding hills, allowing them to process their coffee for export to quality blenders. Rwanda.
Photographer: James Kakwerere


 

061605pdw-0210smDescription: June 16, 2005. “The world failed the people of Rwanda, we must help them recover.” World Bank President Wolfowitz's comment in the visitors’ book at the Gisozi Genocide Memorial in Kigali, where over 250,000 victims are buried.
Photographer: Kevin Kellems

 

 

 

 

061605pdw-0236smDescription: June 16, 2005. The Biryogo Health Center in the Rwandan capital, runs a feeding program for malnourished children in the slum community. To fight stigma, the center also runs a public restaurant staffed by HIV+ community residents. Rwanda
Photographer: Kevin Kellems

 

 

 

 

061605pdw-0253smDescription: June 16, 2005. Orphans at a nursery school near the Nyamirambo suburb of Kigali, perform a welcome dance for the World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.
Photographer: Kevin Kellems

 

 

 


 

061605pdw-0253smDescription: June 16, 2005. African embrace: Mama Mutwa, a resident of Biryogo, Kigali, fondly hugs the President when he visited her home.
Photographer: Rogers Kayihura

 

 

 

 



 

061605pdw-0253smDescription: June 16, 2005. A group of youth intently follow part of Mr. Wolfowitz’s visit to a Kigali suburb.
Photographer: Kevin Kellems

 

 

 




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