So the time finally arrived for us to make our way to Kigali, Rwanda to start our projects and there were about 15 super excited english volunteers making their way to Nairobi, from Heathrow and then from there we would make our way to Kigali. It was a long and somewhat tedious flight seeing as how very few of us managed to actually get any sleep and the plane food was well... the typical inedible plane food.
Once we arrived in Kigali around 9.30 am, we made our way to League about a 15 mins drive away from the airport. Issie being Issie didn't even realise that you are not allowed to talk any pictures of government properties and a special no no to the airport.
We had to make our way over to Moucecore we were we going to spend a lot of time travelling back and forth to for the first week whilst we were getting to know all 60 of us taking part in this project. 30 UKV'S (UK Volunteers) and 30 ICV'S (In country volunteers). We were spilt into 8 teams going to 7 different cities to work with our two partners. A.E.E (African Evangelical Enterprise) and RDIS ( Rural Development Inter-Diocesan Service).
After dinner we had time to walk around the place and explore a bit and also appreciate the Land of a Thousand hills. The scenery was so beautiful as you can tell from the pictures.
We had a few jumps of joy to celebrate the fact that we had arrived here safely and also that the people we were working with here in Rwanda we so awesome and interesting. We all come from different backgrounds and yet here we were in the same place united in the same cause.
I will be talking to you all soon but what with the poor cuts and lack of internet i dont know how often or regular the postings will be.
Talk to y'all soon. and p.s. say a little prayer for us in Rwanda for the work that we are doing here. Long may we continue to make a difference.
Issie xox
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