Active science as a contribution to the trauma recovery process: Preliminary indications with orphans from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1111-1128

  Perrier, Frédéric ^a   Nsengiyumva, Jean Baptiste ^b  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; GENOCIDE;

RWANDA;

EID: 0345530135     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069032000052225     Document Type: Article

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