The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

12 years after the Rwandan genocide, the people are still struggling with the aftermath.

A majority of those suffering are children, and it is from our first world countries' neglect that the devastation was so deep.

For those unaware, in 1994 the UN sent in a minority of peacekeepers without allowing them to discharge weapons - along with Canadian hero (although he doesn't call himself such) Romeo Dallaire - to try and negotiate an accord between the tribes.

But, it was to no avail.

Almost one million people were slaughtered in the genocide between the Tutsi and the Hutu clans.

It was at the hands of the US president, Bill Clinton, that any real aid was denied (a decision he claims now to be a "personal failure").

Anyhow, this is why I am writing in support of The High Places. He and his wife are heading to Rwanda to help fix up a school or more while there and to provide health training to the teaching staff.

I won't say much more on the topic, but I encourage you to read The High Places article, which has a brief survival story of a young Tutsi woman now living in North America, as well as a discussion on the blog that they may be able to maintain while helping out there.

Any support you can provide is desired, and I'm sure, greatly appreciated.

"Nearly every child there witnessed or participated in the torture and killings."