Association des Veuves du Genocide ( AVEGA ) or the '' Association of the Widows of Genocide '' is a Rwandan association formed to help widows , orphans and others who lost family members in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . AVEGA was founded in October 1995 by 50 women who had survived the killings but lost their husbands . One of the organization 's founders has stated that she believes that " too much is expected of the victims " who , in her view , need first to be reconciled with themselves and their losses . Restitution and reparations are essential prerequisites before any consideration of reconciliation with the perpetrators
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Association des Veuves du Genocide