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Great News from Camara Rwanda

By Team Rwanda | Published: April 30, 2009
We just added a technical director to the team – his name is HERVE RUBONEZA MUNYURANGERI. He has a great background in Linux systems and he will report to our newly elected CEO, EDDY RWAGASORE. Eddy recently got a training week with Trisha from the Camara Hub in Fort Portal, Uganda coming over to Kigali. Together [...]
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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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Lest we Forget

By Cormac | Published: December 30, 2008
Tuesday December 2nd – Kigali/Entebbe/Kampala Our previous experience with a Rwandan partner had not been entirely successful (computers not been delivered to local schools, Camara Training Certs. being withheld from those completing the training) so the main focus of this trip was to spend time with Evode to better assess whether we can work together as partners [...]
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Genocide

By Cormac | Published: December 27, 2008
Monday December 1st – Kigali I spent the day in a series of meetings organised by Evode Mukama, our local partner in Rwanda. Evode is currently finishing his PhD in Sweden (on ‘The Pedagogy of ICT’) and will then become a full time lecturer in the Department of Education at the National University of Rwanda [...]
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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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Choose Rwanda

By Eoghan | Published: August 21, 2008
By Maria Mulhall – Idea stolen from Laura Mc Guigan’s entry ‘Choose Ethiopia’ Choose Rwanda. Choose being called ‘this one’. Choose goat brochette. Choose boda-bodas. Choose choosing between Mutzig and Primus. Choose Kinyarwanda. Choose Byumba. Choose a chorus of mzungu twenty-four-seven. Choose surge protectors, 2-pin plugs and extension leads. Choose learning something new every second. [...]
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Rwanda Experience

By Eoghan | Published: August 13, 2008
27th June – Day One – Brussels After a lot of last minute packing and downloading updated skillbuilders I made it to the airport and met Niall. Our flight to Brussels was delayed for about 2 hours. I did the sleepy-head-banging thing for the whole flight and the Malarone was definitely taking affect with the crazy [...]
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Rwanda, land of a thousand hills!

By Team Rwanda | Published: June 28, 2008
Rwanda, land of a thousand hills, is less than one week away. Our coordinators Maria Mulhall and Niall Maguire will arrive in two days time. And yet the preparations continue. Cormac arranged for his friend Frank Lehmann to talk to the team on the eve of their departure. Frank has travelled in Rwanda, has [...]
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Thank you so much Rosetta

By Team Rwanda | Published: June 8, 2008
Team Rwanda had the great privilege to meet with Rosetta on Thursday 5th June. Rosetta, a social worker from Uganda, has been in the Kimmage Development Studies Centre for the past nine months. She describes herself as a Rwandan refugee living in Uganda. What a lovely lady! She shared information with us about customs in [...]
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