Ninzi Hill Hotel Kigali

Today and tomorrow Prof. Dieterle is in town, for discussion about the site and internal affairs.
Here he also stated, the rediesign meeting will be held from 26. - 28.10., that means leaving 22nd and fly back on 31st with my family.
There will be a long night (tonight), as there is a little party expected (I arrived at home at 0030).
The next party will be with the Chinese constructor on Saturday... TBC

Je viens a Kigali pour voir 3 sites supplementaires concernant le genocide. Les massacres ayant eu lieu souvent des eglises. Je vais donc visiter les eglises de Ntarama et Nyamata pres de Kigali ainsi que le memorial de Kigali ou plus de 250 000 victimes ont ete recensees.
Le memorial ...

... and backdrop of stunning scenery. The wildlife wasn’t prolific, but what we did get to see was great. We even got to see the elusive leopard so Kaz a happy bunny!

After 2 nights there we drove to the soda lake, Lake Flamingo, to chill out before driving to Nakura NP. We were meant to have just 2 hours there before driving back to Nairobi, but spent 4 as the driver felt guilty about not finding the cheetah I was jokingly demanding - difficult customer! We didn't ...

Hi all at home,
Following the highs of winning on Sunday and the magnificent reception we recieved from Fred and his community it was back to the KEC on Monday to continue working on the playground which is in the final stages. We only had a half day as we were playing our second football match later that day.
Work finished at 1230 time some lunch then off to the Stade Regional. On arrival we were met by the I S Kigali girls team who looked a lot older than ...

... 7:30 and shook hands all around and wished everyone well. Samuel arrived a few minutes later. We drove off through the African night, waving and saying many goodbyes. It had truly been a wonderful and memorable camp for everyone.

We stopped briefly at the Mille Collines, so Daniel and Cindy could at least have a quick look around at the historic hotel, and then we drove a few blocks to the Khana Khazanz Indian restaurant for dinner. Greg had never been to an ...

... in his hands to protect them as he moves. It is a moving and pitiful sight. The congregation of Columbia Missouri contributed generously to buy and ship the wheelchair which is designed for "off-road" use. Once it is constructed, the hope is to present it to Gasana in Giti as soon as possible.

For the rest of the afternoon activities we had more team building exercises, volleyball and football. The campers were tired but very happy by the time we reached 5:00 ...

... are open drain trenches on the side of the road, sometimes steep drop-offs right next to the sidewalk (when there is a sidewalk) and periodic holes of various depths in the sidewalks and roadsides. Stepping into one would cause an injury of some sort. So we walked by the light of whatever vehicles came along and peered carefully into the darkness and shuffled when there were no vehicles. But we made it back safe and sound and happy after a full and productive day.

So I am a bit behind in my blog, in the sense of covering everything we are actually doing... but hopefully I will get more into those details soon....
Today, Tuesday the 14th, we had two morning sessions at the Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Centre. The first session was on United Nations Response and Responsibility to the Genocide of Tutsis. The second was Professor Tim Gallimore talking on ...

... about rwanda. (the ppl are so
incredibly friendly. we had just met her and she was already opening up
her home for us). so she walked with us to the markets.. definitely
bring hard candy or pens or something for little kids. i ended up
giving out cough drops cause none of us had anything and that was the
only thing i had in my bag...the markets are really cool we are all
going to go back to ...

... cracks between the two tribes and find an external party of blame to aid the process of national healing. The exhibition proceeded past horrible video testimonies from surviving victims of the genocide and details of the justice procedures (including the innovative community trials) to a final room that displayed the bones and skulls of a number of the victims. I know this will sound strange but this room somehow affected me the least of all I had seen to this ...