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A Comfortable Start
... house, cook meals, take care of the baby, etc.), Mercy and her husband live. I have not ventured upstairs but sincerely hope (but doubt) that they have not sacrificed their living space for us. The house is very comfortable, has toilet, shower with hot water, closet with shelves, beds, plenty of space to spread out, and is one of the quietest places I have ever lived. There is zero background noise, encouraging me to minimize any turning-over and heavy breathing in ...
Rwanda rebuilding
... one step removed from being a dictatorship. Maybe people are telling me what they feel they have to about moving on. I know I for one could not forgive someone for killing my family; I could not walk past them every day without lashing out. I am from the west and I want revenge, I want justice.
At the church I asked a loaded question, “Are the people of Rwanda really united, have they forgiven their neighbor’s?” I believe the answer I got was heartfelt ...
Never thought I would DJ in Africa
Hello everyone from Kivumu, Rwanda!
I am typing this to you on my third
Monday or 16th day since leaving Calgary. It has been a
productive week of work here at the school with many different
projects cropping up. The big story of the week was POWER or lack
there of. 6 month ago power lines were hooked up to the school.
Access to the power grid allowed the school to use their donated or
purchased machines every day where before they had ...
My life as a Volunteer in Rwanda
... have
vehicles so they stand in strategic areas along the sides of the road
watching for speeders or illegal passing (which is abundant). Once we
arrived at the school residence I was shown my room and then we had a
celebratory beer. It was a Rwandan beer called Primus and it tasted
pretty good after that many hours of travel.
Having skipped a day of sleep along the
way I fell into bed with great vigor. I awoke around 7 AM the next
morning or 10 PM at ...
Hotel Rwanda - the most expensive swim EVER.
... better known as "Hotel Rwanda" from the film. It is an awfully posh place, especially for a bunch of haggard backpackers such as ourselves and, as we marvelled at the fact there was toilet paper, soap and toilet seats, we got some rather glaring stares from the hotel residents. We stuck out like a sore thumb!
The evening’s entertainment came mostly in Sarah Kay trying to be quiet to prove a point. She lasted a grand total of 15 minutes. Well done ...


