[2] In February 2006, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik traveled to East Africa on behalf of Newsweek magazine to develop the story for the 25th anniversary of HIV/AIDS.
While there, he met Margaret, a Rwandan survivor who was brutally raped during the genocide, impregnated, and contracted HIV.
While sympathizing with the ongoing challenges these women and children face daily, Torgovnik joined with a non-profit professional, Jules Shell to create Foundation Rwanda in 2007 which would in turn help these women.
[4] Currently, all of Rwanda’s estimated 20,000 children born of rape will be turning eighteen and be eligible for secondary school.
To date, Foundation Rwanda also connects families to a range of psychological, social, and medical services provided by existing local partners.