Gilbert Tuhabonye goes home, 02.05.12

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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Gilbert Tuhabonye back home in Burundi.

Story: Austin running coach returns to homeland, visits site of massacre where he almost died

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Gilbert Tuhabonye helping to dig a trench on one of the water projects his Austin-based nonprofit organization, The Gazelle Foundation, has funded. He is in Burundi.

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Men working on the Gazelle Foundation's water project in Burundi.

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Gilbert Tuhabonye in his church in Burundi.

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Villagers celebrating Gilbert Tuhabonye's return to Burundi.

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Villagers celebrating Gilbert Tuhabonye's return to his homeland of Burundi.

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Children in Burundi standing at a water spigot installed and funded by The Gazelle Foundation.

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Gilbert Tuhabonye and his mother Martha in Burundi.

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Gilbert Tuhabonye in Burundi

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Gilbert Tuhabonye with his mother Martha in Burundi.

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Gilbert Tuhabonye at the memorial for the massacre that he survived on Oct. 21, 1993 in Burundi.

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Gilbert Tuhabonye at the gas station in Burundi where about 100 students and teachers were killed. He survived by breaking a window and running away.

Story: Austin running coach returns to homeland, visits site of massacre where he almost died

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