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Tag Archives: Cormac Lynch
Thanks A Million! July 28, 2009
A huge thank you to all of you who participated in Flora Mini-Marathon. You raised €18,118.62. This amount covers the cost of refurbishing and equipping 14 schools, or 2 schools in each of our 7 African countries of operation, with computer labs, educational software, and IT teacher training. On average each of these schools has [...]
Friday and Saturday July 10/11th – Kigali/Addis/Rome/London/Dublin
Going Home
Met briefly with Eddy in the morning to say good bye and pass on my old Camara T shirts (I’m sure they’ll be fine once he’s given them a good wash). Then, before departing for the airport, I went to meet my Rwandan friend but there was little compromise in his heart. Anyway not [...]
Posted in Africa Also tagged Addis Adaba, Dublin, Kigali, London, Lusaka, Rome, Ruhuha, Rwanda 09, Science, Travelling, Trevor Sargent 1 Comment
Wednesday July 8th – Kigali
Cormac’s Hotel Workout Explained
I had a three hour nap this afternoon. Eddy was busy sorting out some personal business and we had scheduled all my appointments for tomorrow so today lacked anything resembling an interesting event, anecdote or insight. For that reason I’m using this entry to give some details about my workout regime, that [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Bicep Curls, Fitness, Hotel Workout, Press-Ups, Rwanda 09, Sit-ups Leave a comment
Tuesday July 7th – Kigali
Hotel Rwanda (Hôtel des Mille Collines)
There are fewer Irish in Rwanda than in the other African countries where Camara has operations; there is no embassy (Kevin Kelly the Irish Ambassador in Uganda looks after Rwanda) and I have yet to meet any Irish religious orders. In Rwanda, it seems the Americans and British are in, [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged concern, Hotel Rwanda, Rwanda 09, Science, Trocaire, TSC, Tutsi, TV station Leave a comment
Monday July 6th – Kigali: Back to work
The main objective in visiting Kigali was to see what progress was being made in Rwanda on the newest Hub in the Camara network. I met Eddy (Hub CEO) for lunch and then traveled by bus to the new centre, a 3 bedroom house close to the Sports Stadium. The place is ideal to start – [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Camara Hub, Four Genocides, Kigali, Rwanda 09, St Famille Hostel 1 Comment

Google and RoboSteel: July 31, 2009