Early 2010

January 2010 and after! Sitting in the airport in Kigali last week I was thinking how quickly the time had passed and how on earth was I going to relate all the things which had happened during the previous three months. There has been great joy and excitement; some...

January 2010

Our feeding programme We began our feeding programme in 2007 when we moved into our new premises. Children in the nursery class received African porridge, which is a mixture of sorghum and maize flours and sugar boiled together to thicken, sometimes we added bread,...

December 2009

Time to celebrate – something to smile about. A good time to take stock and reflect on what has been achieved in the project so far. Those of you who have been with us from that very small beginning at the end of 2006 will remember that, when I stumbled upon...

November 2009

November 2009 Time seems to be running away with me and we are already mid-November, so this news will be short, in anticipation of a more comprehensive account in December. I was in Kigali from late August to early November to see the end of the school year. The...

September 2009

September Update I arrived back in Kigali to find everyone very busy and very happy. The children are doing well and so are the adults. The tailors have new orders from a Jewish organisation, the jewellers have attended classes and have begun to make paper beads. For...