Hello all,
As you have probably understood from the title of this post, my Rwandan time is now over. Due to many reasons (you’ve probably seen the news) I’ve had to cut it short. So before I move to something else in this blog (another country? another theme?) I’d like to finish with a bang and [...]
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novembre 24, 2008
Goodbye Kigali
novembre 14, 2008
Congo situation
Here are a few updates on the whole situation between Congo and Rwanda. It all started out, as you probably know, as an internal fight between rebels and the regular army in Congo. The rebels were advancing towards the regional capital of Goma in Congo, the regular army was clearly not as well trained as [...]
novembre 5, 2008
Birds in Kigali
I know I told you my next post was going to be about my house, but to be honest I was really tired yesterday evening and completely forgot to take pictures of it… However I’ve got a few pictures of what flies around it on a regular basis. These birds are actually everywhere in Kigali, and [...]
novembre 4, 2008
Updates!
Hi everybody!
It’s been a long time! Well, a bit more than a week really but it seems longer… I haven’t had lots of time lately: I was moved from the school feeding unit to the nutrition unit to give a hand, and there was a lot of work available. But it was a great experience, [...]
octobre 23, 2008
Security update
A few people have been asking me what the situation is like here in Rwanda, so here is a complete update of the situation to this day.
The country in itself is calm, most of it is classified as level 0 security by the UN, which means it is the safest it can get. The only [...]
octobre 17, 2008
One in the crowd
It happens regularly. Not systematically but often enough to make me right about it. You arrive at a school, get out of the car, do your job. You evaluate, advise, encourage or scold, and all the time children are there, looking at you. After a while, they’re just a crowd, faces one after the other, it [...]
octobre 17, 2008
Piggy
Finally, for everyone to see, I unveil the picture of… the piggy! I hope you’re not too disappointed after the long wait; I find him cute anyway…
These animals, along with cows mostly, but also rabbits or goats, are used by schools to generate extra revenue, because yes, piggy is cute, but piggy tastes good as [...]
octobre 14, 2008
Hope you like them!
I’ve had a few photos I wanted to share with you for some time now, but never really got round to using them, which is a shame since they’re really nice (well, I think…). The problem is that they would best serve an article about school feeding, but I’ve already told you about that, and [...]
octobre 13, 2008
Another form of expression
Hi all,
Some of you know this already, some of you don’t. I have a passion for photography (that’s no surprise I think), but that’s not the only way I like to express myself, my other passion is drawing. I know this blog is mainly about Rwanda and my experiences in it, and some may think [...]
octobre 7, 2008
Poverty
Rwanda is a land of many contrasts, it is smaller than Scotland and however the variety of landscapes competes with any bigger country. The mountains of the west, the rolling hills of the centre, the savannah of the east… Likewise, it is one of the smallest countries in Africa, but has ten million people living [...]
octobre 6, 2008
And for those who wanted to see Kigali…
Here it is, or at least a view from one of its many hills. I’ll try and get some pictures of the streets, but it could take some time, people aren’t always very happy to see a camera in the city…
And that white veil in the sky, that’s not over exposure, it’s pollution…
octobre 4, 2008
Ngoma field trip
So I’ve just come back from another field trip, and it’s time to let you know more about what’s going on around here. I’ve visited five schools, so as such that was quite the same as my last field trip, putting aside the difference in implication of the people there and so on… I think [...]
septembre 27, 2008
Kigali skies
However stressful or uncomprehensible new situations can become here in Rwanda (and they do become one or the other, or often both, very fast) it is a necessity to keep a relaxed approach to life and any activity whatsoever. Electricity can decide one evening that it wants to take a short break, or places you [...]
septembre 26, 2008
Just to give you an idea
I don’t really know what to say to go with this picture, it just shows how fun and cute the children are in the schools I visit. They especially get excited when a camera is brought out, all of them rushing to get in the frame… I was lucky enough to snap this picture before [...]
septembre 26, 2008
I’m back!!! But not for long…
Hello all,
I’ll have to postpone what I told you I would be talking about. Yeah I know earthquakes seamed like quite a cool subject, but it really is nothing more than the earth shaking… No I’m kidding, it’s really amazing!
Anyway, I’ll tell you about all that another time, because I’ve got things so much more [...]
septembre 17, 2008
Things to look forward to
Hi,
I haven’t got a lot of time, so I’ll just give you a quick overview of the things to come in the next posts:
fires, earthquakes, the president, getting a house, mosquitos, and last but not least, the infamous smell of the centre christus toilets (where we are staying)
So don’t forget to log on and find [...]
septembre 15, 2008
First news from Rwanda
Hi everybody!
I’ll be writing in english from now on, as I only have access to a qwerty laptop…
So, where to begin? I suppose I can tell you a bit about our flight from Rome to Kigali. We were meant to leave on wednesday, one o’clock in the morning, and get to Kigali at 11. Well, [...]
septembre 6, 2008
Formation et départ!
Comme je l’ai dit dans le post précédent, je pars demain après-midi pour Rome, pour achever ma formation avant de partir mardi pour le Rwanda. Ces deux jours de formation viennent compléter les deux jours que j’ai déjà eus dans les locaux d’Unilever à Rotterdam.
J’ai donc rencontré toutes les personnes qui vont par la suite [...]
septembre 6, 2008
Paris sommeille – Part 3 and 4
Bonjour à tous, je cumule aujourd’hui les deux dernières parties de Paris sommeille pour une raison très simple: je n’ai plus beaucoup de temps devant moi, je pars demain dans l’après-midi pour Rome pour finir ma formation avant de partir au Rwanda.
Donc aujourd’hui, deux séries de photos, sur deux endroits totalement différents, mais toujours dans [...]
juillet 27, 2008
Mise à jour
Bonjour,
Ça fait quelques jours maintenant que je n’ai pas donné de nouvelles concernant mon départ pour le Rwanda. D’un côté c’est normal, étant donné que tout le monde est encore en phase de préparation. Mais un petit résumé ne peut pas faire de mal!
Comme je l’avais déjà dit dans un post précédent, j’ai surtout été [...]
