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Iris Guesthouse Kigali

Avenue Kamuzinzi, no. 8 Kigali, Rwanda

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A Comfortable Start

A travel blog entry by sps5032

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... shipped from India. Eric and I were able to manage the 2 large and heavy boxes into the back of the pickup truck, which then took us to FAWE.

FAWE is a NGO working in 32 African countries aiming to empower women through secondary education. The school in Kigali is an all-girl boarding school with about 800 students aged 12-19. The website does a nice job of outlining the school goals, what they learn, etc. Hopefully, the 240 subjects that we will be ...

Muraho Rwanda!

A travel blog entry by creeganc

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... happy-dance ensued. I arrived to the Kigali airport a bit disorientated after the plethora of timezones I had crossed but buzzing with excitement I quickly made my way to the immigration controls where I was almost turned away before my trip began. Thankfully the guard stamped my visa, even though I didn't have the address of my home-stay, and I crossed the threshold into Africa. My bag, however, was not so ambitious, it decided to spend the night in Ethiopia. ...

Never thought I would DJ in Africa

A travel blog entry by homeworkfilms

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5

... what was needed. I immediately saw a version of a mixer
that was required. Unfortunately it was about 3 times the size and
price. A quick call from the shopkeeper and a man with the exact
mixer we needed magically appeared. These shops rely one each other
to drive business and take cuts if sales are made between the shops.
Ivica didn't like the price on offer and suggested a price of 100,000
RWF ($165). A vigorous negotiation went back and forth ...

My life as a Volunteer in Rwanda

A travel blog entry by homeworkfilms

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... the computers in the school. The second is to
set up a training program to teach first the instructors, then the
students how to use the basic functions of a computer. The third is
to teach either the administrators or an inquisitive teacher/student
an advanced set of computer functions so they can hopefully run/fix
the computer lab on their own once I have left. Since day one I have
been working with a Croatian named Hervoy who is from Zagreb (Ivica
is ...

Not exactly a fun day

A travel blog entry by brendacundy

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... A selection of weapons are now located on it. Machetes, clubs and the like. Moving round the church, we reach the back - this wall is, we are told, where the children (age 5 or less) were smashed. The stains remain. We are led down to the crypt, where a selection of skulls are on display. These show the different ways people died. You donīt quite know whether to look. Small perfectly circular holes, large perfectly circular holes, dents of of all shapes ...

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