Today in Rwanda great strides have been made to heal after the genocide of 1994, but many survivors are still marginalized and neglected. The government has built villages to accommodate the large number of widows and orphans, including the village of Umudugado in Kinyinya, a district of the capital city, Kigali.

The Association of the Orphans of Nsanga represents 47 "child-headed households" in Umudugado. The household heads were orphaned in the genocide and have been raising younger children since 1994. There are also a number of widows living in Umudugado, as well as parents who lost their children in the genocide.