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Back to School in Kigali

By eoghan | Published: September 15, 2009
Kigali – Sept 8 – 2009 Today, another high school from Bugesera district came by to pick up 30 computers for their school lab. This makes it now 4 schools in Bugesera, with approx half of the first container distributed. Good work by Eddy (our acting CEO) and Marcos Morales, who following the volunteer work decided to [...]
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Training Completion- Kigali, Rwanda: August 4, 2009

By eoghan | Published: August 4, 2009
I am happy to inform everyone that the computer training, which Camara volunteers had been conducting in the Ruhuha and Nyamata sectors of the Bugesera district, concluded yesterday. The last day was an eventful one; volunteers played a football match with teachers and the game ended with volunteers losing to the local teachers. After the [...]
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News from Kigali – 17 July 2009

By eoghan | Published: July 18, 2009
Here is some good news – from the Hub in Rwanda Today, a first of many schools from the Bugesera District picked up 25 PC’s for their IT lab. The 11 volunteers under the leadership of Maria and Fintan will assist in the next two weeks in setting up the technology and in getting the lab up [...]
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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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Tuesday July 7th – Kigali

By eoghan | Published: July 14, 2009
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, [...]
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Huge Thanks

By eoghan | Published: January 19, 2009
Huge Thanks to all those who helped out at the Camara stand at this year’s Young Scientist Exhibition, 3 days straight. Apart from the computer parts quiz and wikepedia quiz on our stand, we had a daily word search or quiz for the students participating, and many hands on deck to talk to all [...]
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