Today’s adventure!
We were delayed with today’s distribution until the afternoon so being able to sleep longer and relax in the morning was a treat. Our team strolled down to Kivu Lake, giving us a chance to explore the area. Then off we went to our distribution. Thank goodness for our wonderful driver, Jean Claude, as he maneuvered us through the rough roads of Mahoko! The team had to get out of the van while he safely got us over this hole in the road (pictured below). There was a street market going on so everyone was watching.
Around lunchtime we arrived at an alternate site from what was originally planned and we were greeted by many wonderful nursery school children who just wanted hugs and boy did they get them. It was a Catholic school with 250 nursery school age children and 1250 senior students. The headmaster graciously canceled school in the afternoon so we could use his school for our distribution!
Before the senior students left we watched and participated in a little basketball. Apparently the game of basketball is taken quite seriously in Rwanda and these boys did not disappoint!
Before the students went home we were able to engage in some English conversation with them and as you can see in the photo below, English was one of the subjects being taught. One young man in a group asked me, “How can I learn better English like you?” to which I answered, “Well I was a teacher and these 2 ladies are nurses and the best answer is to stay in school and study,” to which he replied, “I will do that!”
When all students had cleared out of the school we began to give out the 500 bedkits. Of course we had some help at the beginning to get the mattresses in place.
We also had help as the children left the gated school to find their parents.
It was another successful day here in Rwanda with 500 more children sleeping well, despite the rainy day!
Team Rwanda, 2024
Rotary Club of Kigali Virunga 🇷🇼 and SCAW 🇨🇦