12/13/2018 0 Comments VSO Rwanda celebrates 20 yearsVSO has been working in Rwanda for 20 years. Over the past few weeks the volunteers and staff have been celebrating. The first big event was an umuganda (community work). In each of the 30 districts across the country the volunteers planted 200 trees in local schools. These were a mixture of trees that would provide shade and stabilise the soil and fruit trees that would provide food. I planted a passion fruit tree. In Nyamasheke we were also celebrating the success of the Strengthening School Readiness project that works with nursery schools. The nursery teachers were all rewarded for their hard work with a gift of beautiful fabric and the top teachers were given a bike. In true Rwandan style there were lots of speeches and I was a bit surprised when Claude - one of the VSO staff called me up to make a speech about what it is like to be a volunteer in Rwanda! Cheers Claude! Speeches, singing and dancing - a great way to celebrate
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