Rosamond Carr Memorial

The Funeral & Memorial Services of Rosamond Halsey Carr. Rosamond passed away in September 2006 at the age of 94. She leaves behind an orphange that cares for hundreds of the Rwandan Genocide's youngest victims and she leaves behind a personal legacy that spans an indescribable 50 years of adventure, history, humanity, and love within the country of Rwanda.

Donations to Imbabazi Orphanage: http://www.columbuszoo.org/Conservation/pic/roz.html

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• Rosamond
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• Rwanda
• Orphans
• Genocide
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• Imbabazi
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[norwaybabe469]

I actually visited the orphanage a few days after she was buried. The day before we arrived, the children place bricks around her gravesite. It was a very moving experience. The two ladies that were there invited us into Ros's house for tea and Oreo cookies(Ros's favorite). The orphanage has beautiful children and a great big heart. She will be missed.

[piecesofeightpics]

How marvelous that you had the opportunity to visit the orphanage, it is such a magical and beautiful place, with something of a timeless quality to it. It will never be the same now that Roz is gone but I still hope to go back someday just to experience the feeling of being there.

[warrenpauser]

Could you tell me where her grave is ? I just got back from Rwanda on a tour with COmpassion International, Roz is my hero. She did exactly what I want to do! I want to live in Rwanda, never have I been anywhere else that I felt so immediately at home, I am in love with Rwanda and its beautiful people!

[piecesofeightpics]

Dear Warren,

Roz was buried on her flower plantation (the place is called Mugongo and is near Gisenyi). The farm is also the site for the newly built Imbabazi orphange.

[nzeli07]

Thank you for posting this.

She was a wonderful human being.

We will always remember her.

[piecesofeightpics]

And thank you for your kind words. Roz will be missed but never forgotten.

[mothermade2]

We spent two years in Ruhengeri as my husband cared for the gorillas. Ros was a dear friend, and we visited her often for tea. What I would have liked to have seen here was Simbagare's tribute, for he was her dearest friend. I still keep the letters Ros and I exchanged until her death.

Seeing this has given me closure. Thanks.

[piecesofeightpics]

So delighted that you were moved by the video. She was indeed such a special person and it's an honor to have met and known her. The video is my tribute to her.

I hope the story of her life inspires and motivates others to follow her example.

[ajd0727]

Thank you for posting this. I met Ros Carr in 1997 and spent a day with her which I will never forget. Such a beautiful woman. It was still a shock to hear she had die when I discovered this a year or so ago. And to see this video, I was unexpectingly quite moved. Thank you again.

[tishajohnson]

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