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GM Africa Trip – Third Installment

By mariea | Published: March 28, 2011
The meeting in the President’s Office went as well as we could have expected. The ban on the importation of refurbished computers will soon be applicable only to those below a certain specification. This year in Camara we need to bring in 20,000 PC’s to distribute 10,000 so this specification should not be a [...]
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GM’s Africa Trip – Second Installment

By mariea | Published: March 25, 2011
The emergency announcement on the Boeing 787 from Lusaka to Addis Ababa was a little more formal than the one we heard previously. Two days before in Ndola on route to Lusaka, the pilot turned around to the seven passengers to tell us where the exits were, oh, and by the way can [...]
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Camara reaches Rwanda’s most mountainous region of Musanze district

By Ciarán | Published: January 21, 2010
Camara Rwanda operations started mid last year by supporting schools in the eastern district of Bugesera. After just one month of operations, more schools from different parts of the country started seeking support from Camara. At our hub in Kigali, we make sure information on donated computers from Ireland is wiped out, check for defects [...]
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Friday and Saturday July 10/11th – Kigali/Addis/Rome/London/Dublin

By eoghan | Published: July 14, 2009
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 [...]
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Thursday July 9th – Kigali/Nyamata

By eoghan | Published: July 14, 2009
A Roller Coaster (Excuse the length of the entry but it was a though-provoking day) This trip has been a series of highs and lows.Just when it seems like Camara is doing something that makes a real difference, something inexplicable, arbitrary or short sighted happens which causes me to stop dead in my tracks and question [...]
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Monday July 6th – Kigali: Back to work

By eoghan | Published: July 9, 2009
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 – [...]
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Sunday July 5th – Kigali: A day to catch up

By eoghan | Published: July 9, 2009
Kigali is a beautiful city nestled among rolling green hills and I woke up early in the St Famille hostel to sun streaming through my window.  Since starting my trip this was the first day that I didn’t have meetings or places to visit so I spent the morning reading Dallaire’s account of the genocide.   [...]
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Saturday July 4th – Maseru/Johannesburg/Entebbe/Kigali Airport time

By eoghan | Published: July 9, 2009
Today I was in airports, four of them in total, with four different currencies, four different visa requirements and about 20 miscellaneous security checks.   I found it hard to sit still for long so spent my time wandering in and out of shops looking at the expensively priced clothes and electronic gadgets.  As I was [...]
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Our man in Rwanda

By Team Rwanda | Published: February 14, 2009
Feb 12 Flight was uneventful. Upon arrival our pointman Evode delivers the news – Riepa the Rwanda Investment and Promotion authority did not receive the documents and has only time tomorrow to see us, after lunch – apparently they are moving offices. And the other news was that the person who had promised us the rooms in [...]
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Travel Tip 4 – Cheap Accommodation in Kigali

By Cormac | Published: December 27, 2008
If your travelling on a tight budget, a good place to stay in Kigali is the hostel located at the main Catholic Church in the city centre – Ste Famille (‘Holy Family’). Its clean, cheap (є8 per night) and they don’t need payment upfront!
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