December 2010 At the end of a very busy year I thought you might like to read about a few people we are helping at the project and how we are making a difference to their lives.First, the boy who fainted in class two years ago because he had not eaten over the weekend...
October 2010 Time passes so very quickly when I am in Kigali. I arrived here in late August and am already having to think of going back to Britain! We have been very busy indeed, we are near to the end of the school year now and there are school reports and...
Annual update and report 2009/2010 This picture is probably my favourite of the year so far. It was taken by Karen Rombouts who has done her internship with us, spending 5 months working and studying for her post graduate diploma. We are so grateful to her for her...
Children are the same the whole world over! There is little room for play in the lives of many of our children. I see them fetching and carrying water from the standpipe or sweeping, very seldom playing and they certainly have few, if any, toys. None of the children...
A day in the life of a volunteer at Kinamba Project The first sound of the day is the morning chorus wafting in through the open window as I lie under the mosquito net trying to snatch a couple of hours extra sleep. But, the day starts when it gets light in Kigali....
News April 2010 News about an exciting project for our March edition We are very lucky with our volunteers and we were thrilled when Rosas asked if we would like to do a photography project. It was a wonderful opportunity for a small group of people to be creative and...
February News 2010 The beginning of the New Year gave us a headache – too many children wanting places and no room to accommodate them! Tamar had done a great job during the holidays – she had visited the people in the local community, encouraging the...
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...
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,...
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...
