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Xaverina Niragire

Xaverina Niragire是种族灭绝暴行的幸存者，她的丈夫和三个儿子都不幸遇难。经此惨变，Xaverina Niragire不想再活下去，曾投湖自尽。其后，她内心的创伤逐渐痊愈，愿意宽恕杀害她家人的凶手。这些凶手却鼓不起勇气，请Xaverina Niragire原谅，但其中有一人——Thacien ——鼓起勇气，请Xaverina宽恕他杀了她儿子的行为。Xaverina宽恕了Thacien，两人成为挚交。她最后原谅了杀害其家人的所有凶手。Xaverina的照片反映了她关爱儿童以及愿意宽恕别人。

Xaverina Niragire
A portrait of Xaverina and Thacien. Xaverina thinks of Thacien as her son and he thinks of her as a mother. Her power to forgive Thacien enabled him to forgive himself.
Xaverina took this photograph of two different trees growing out of one as she felt it was an extraordinary example of cohabitation and of unity and reconciliation.
Two men stand in front of their home.
A woman feeds her cow while carrying her baby on her back.
A little boy holds a bucket of potatoes on his head.
A portrait of one of the men that killed her husband and sons.
Xaverina shows her forgiveness to one of the men that killed her family by giving him the peace offering of a hug. During Christmas Eve, Xaverina held a forgiveness dinner for all the men that killed her family.
Xaverina photographs the location of where her house used to stand before it was destroyed in the 1994 genocide.
Small trees are getting ready for planting. These trees represent a new beginning, a renewal.
Some people from Xaverina’s community sit outside enjoying the day.
A little girl plays in front of Xaverina's home. There are always many children around her home. Xaverina is greatly respected in her community and is known as a loving woman that always opens her home and heart to many people.
Two children stand next to a cow.
A little boy climbs up a tree and sits within its branches.
A woman works in the fields while carrying her baby on her back.
A man from Xaverina's community sitting and relaxing.
Xaverina reads from the bible while conducting the funeral for a young woman in her community who recently died of malaria. Many people see Xaverina as a leader in their community and she was asked to perform this burial.
The young woman’s body is being carried away for burial.
Men dig a burial site for the young woman who died.
The community gathers to mourn and pay their last respects to the young woman who died.
A portrait of the mother of the young woman who died.