Archive for August, 2010
Kathleen Flying Solo
Tweet It has been a week since April has left me, Kathleen, flying solo in Kigali. It’s been quite a ride this last week, settling into my new house and neighborhood, tirelessly learning Kinyarwanda in order to get around, working hard to kick-off Hope Shines’ after-school English language curriculum, and a little time for leisure. [...]
Football & Demonstrating Leadership
Tweet (Preface: I will be using the term “football” as I refer to “soccer”. Since my stay here I’ve become very angry at the American who decided to use “football” for “American football” when in fact you use your hands. As I speak further “football” = “soccer”.) Last week we met with the manager of Esperance, an organization [...]
Megan’s Journey to the Land of a 1000 Hills.
Tweet Guest blogger Megan, who volunteered at the Pamasor Camp, writes: It is hard to believe that a mere two weeks ago I was still sitting on a hotel patio in Kigali, Rwanda. Less than a month ago I embarked on one of the biggest journeys of my life, leaving my life in the Big [...]
The String Game Revelation.
Tweet As an update on the result of our AIDS/HIV discussion (see prior blog post, “Day 2: Afternoon Session: Health and Heroes”) we are jumping ahead to share some of the comments the girls made about it on the last day of camp, Friday, July 30th. Hope Shines CSC Camp 2010 AIDS/HIV Discussion had a [...]