Parliament Kigali

We started out in Norfolk, Virginia at the National Airport. It was my mom and I on our way to Kigali, Rwanda. We were going for a spiritual and learning trip. We wanted to learn more about the genocides that happened in the early 90's. I loved staying at the now historical Hotel Des Milles Collines. It was just how it was in the movie, …

... the same to this day. This is a common theme of genocide memorials around the whole of Rwanda and in the fact a variety of normal buildings. The parliament building which came under great attack during 1994 still bears the scars of the events. The ...

... It was six years ago today that I lost them, my two older brothers and my older sister. My father was running to be a member of parliament in the opposition party, and I was away with him, my mom, and my younger sister. We got a call that our house was ...

...   I have been working on the Ubuntu Revolution and learning a great deal about the realities for women in Rwanda. While Rwanda has the most women in parliament in the world, just over 56% of the lower house, the power and voice women hold is often ...

... beautified with trees. Rwanda is making progress. But there are still traces of the violent past. On the drive into Kigali we passed the old Parliament building, site of a battle during the taking of Kigali by the RPF forces. The holes made by bullets ...

... We arranged to have a city tour the same day, and we were only 4 people, us and two German women from the European parliament. We got the history of the town, say the place were the Belgian soldiers were shot (see hotel Rwanda), and after driving around ...

... how are you?  I am nmeza...fine.  The past couple days have been filled with all sorts of amazing experiences.  Rwanda is beautiful.  We left Kigali for the first time this weekend and drove south through the rolling hills.  Even though we are right ...

... but were about half an hour making it through both sides. Eventually we were in Rwanda. Once in Rwanda the roads were smooth and we progressed quickly to Kigali even though we were curving our way around hills. Rwanda is the land of a thousand hills, it ...