Some of the surviving children have now returned to Rwanda and are living in child-headed households. These are homes where there are no resident adults. In addition to raising their siblings, these girls are also bringing up the children they conceived when they were raped. There are households where the age of the oldest child is just eleven years old and there may be as many as eight children in a household. Finding money for food and clothes usually leads the children to beg.
Some girls resort to prostitution to raise money.
Fetching water, cooking and cleaning are all tasks that are shared amongst the children. Sometimes the property of these children's parents has been destroyed. If not it may have been claimed by neighbours and relatives. The children have to build new houses, or repair damages to existing homes. Out in the countryside some homes just consist of plastic sheeting.