The Wisest Oldest Man of the Village

Trevor , aged 28

August 7th 2007
There’s a lot of subjects that I feel its right to say something about while I’m here. Important topics, that need to be given real thought and consideration, before you’d have a genuine insight into the country and it’s people. Race, Poverty, Religion, Happiness, Grief, Community, Loneliness, Genocide, Compassion, Hope, it’s all here in abundance and very close to the surface. It seems ... read more

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more

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Neil Jennings

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While working closely with the staff at CCPRWA and other local NGOs in Rwanda it became obvious to me that whilst they’d achieved amazing results, with little or no resources, the survival of their activities hung desperately in the balance due to a lack of basic financial planning and management . They had little or no access to any formal training or professional services. After returning to the UK I found the mismatching of volunteer’s skills was commonplace. There were little or no voluntary opportunities accessible to highly skilled tenured professionals to share their skills, while at ... full info

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