The Grandmother Spirit
Euphrasie
Nakabonye Euphrasie, 83, of Kigali, Rwanda raises one granddaughter Umuhoza Vanessa, 15 whose mother died in 2000 of AIDS. She had eight of her own children, seven have died: some during the war, others in refugee camps, one of AIDS. “I don’t think I can do much for Vanessa because I am nothing, I have nothing. But I’m happy to have her near me.”
