People who know me would generally agree that patience is not one of my strongest virtues! We have been in Rwanda now for a week and a half and have been made very welcome. I have attended three days of induction and had a chance to meet and get to know my team of Rwandan volunteers who I will be working with over the coming year. On Saturday we evening we attended a welcome dinner where we were treated to some wonderful African dancing and even had a bit of dance training and had to perform as a team. (Sorry, no pictures of that I was too busy learning the moves!) On Sunday we travelled to Nyamasheke which is the district in Western Province where I will be working as a District Teaching Advisor and on Monday we attended the launch of the programme at an information sharing meeting attended by nearly 100 people - the Mayor, Vice Mayor, district education officers and most of the headteachers and other education officers from the 139 schools we will be working with. Very promising that there was so much interest. On Monday afternoon we went to look at a couple of houses. One of them was in a perfect location near to the district office where I will be working and near to the main road so Glyn will be able to get to his work. The house has stunning views over Lake Kivu. We are very keen to have this house but at the moment we are not sure if it will be available to us. So while they try and sort it we have returned to Kigali --to wait --to be patient! We won't return to Nyamasheke and start the job until the house is sorted. And so we wait! But it will be a house worth waiting for with a fantastic view of the lake. The hotel we stayed at in Nyamasheke also had a fabulous view over Lake Kivu and offered Reflexology and massage something that is becoming popular in Rwanda.
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On January 6th we arrived in Kigali and were met at the airport by the very friendly Etienne a VSO driver who took us to the Hosanna Guesthouse in Kimihurura in Kigali which will be our home for the next 8 days. It is a lovely guesthouse with stunning views over the city and everyone here has been so friendly and helpful (no surprise there - we are in Rwanda after all!).
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December 2018
Preparing to go back to our second home
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