During the 1994 Genocide, women were gang raped by HIV+ militia in an attempt to infect their victims with HIV/AIDS. As a result of the 1994 Genocide, subsequent civil conflict and HIV/AIDS more than 600,000 widows are currently living in Rwanda. Women head 34% of all households and more than 50% of the population is under the age of 18. More than 67% of the women raped during the 1994 Genocide are now facing death from AIDS. Those who are infected with HIV/AIDS are unable to take the antiretroviral medications (provided at no charge by the Rwandan government), because one must eat consistently healthy meals simultaneously; otherwise, the medicine accelerates the symptoms of their illness. Without regular employment, women who have been made marginalized from HIV are struggling to have enough food, and also provide for their large families. There is no assistance for women, especially those living with HIV/AIDS, in Musanze, Rwanda. As a result of Rwanda closing all orphanages in 2014/2015, families have become increasingly larger. Orphaned children are forced to live with any living relative, making the task of caring larger families much more challenging, given that there are very few opportunities for regular employment. Public education costs roughly $75 per year (per child), as one must purchase uniforms and school materials. This is a daunting amount when there are multiple children within a family. Most people are living on less than $2 per day. In order for the cycle of poverty to stop for these women and for future generations, the children must get their education, and their mothers must have a regular income. Because of decades of ethnic-based violence in Rwanda, including genocide and other civil conflict, individual trauma counseling is greatly needed. There are only a few professional counselors in Musanze, Rwanda which is a district of approximately 370,000 people.