Day 10 – Big drama in Gitarama
Lee Booth with day 10s activities in Rwanda… With a 7.30 start this morning it was perhaps fortunate that rains of almost biblical proportions last evening reduced any planned festivities to a couple of Mutzigs and a pizza next door. The Castro again winning more votes as best pizza on show (a handy bit of...
Day 9 – Adaptability
Project lead, Jonathan Todd reports on the days activites down South… Today was the first time the team was coaching outside of the beautiful city of Kigali, which is our base for the full two weeks. We had an early start even though the locals said it was only one and a half hours drive...
Day 8 – Come on bowler
A special day relived via George Perceval… With Lee and Rich off coaching the Rwandan Under 19’s this morning for the rest of us, today was a day to never forget. It was our chance to go into the Rwandan Orphans Project and actually spend some time with the kids coaching them cricket and delivering...
Day 7 – 7 more than Adz
Lee Booth checks in with Saturdays events so far from Kigali With the weekend arriving our focus switched to Coach Education, around 12 teachers were expected for a morning session so it was decided to give most of the team the morning off to recharge ahead of more busy days next week. This all changed...
Day 6 – An unexpected journey
Day 6 through the eyes of Adam McWalter… Our day started an hour earlier today and the team made their way to the first school for coaching with a bit of a sing song. Bob Marley seemed to wake everyone up a bit ready for another good session. We arrived at the school to be...
International Women’s Day 2013
E-CWIPD (Empowering Creative Women Initiatives and Programs for Development) is a project inspired and supported by JUMP, the 1st European forum for active women. The E-CWIPD Africa project is made to equip African active women in their daily lives: private vs professional and has as a principal objective to create a solid women empowering network...
Day 5 – Skype, Sleep and…
A review of Day 5 through the eyes of Chris ‘Jomo Kenyatta Steven Hawking Brains’ Haines. Since arriving in Rwanda, a few short hours after the rest of the CWB Team, I have seen some great places and sights and some encouraging, inspirational and fantastic people. Some of the schools we have visited and some...
Day 4 – And then there were eight
An overview of Day 4 through the eyes of Gary Shankland… Another busy day today saw us coach 190 children, plus sneak in a short visit to the Rwandan Orphans Project. Unfortunately it was also the day that saw us say goodbye to Emma and Phillip who have been fantastic members of the team and have thrown themselves headfirst into...
Day 3 – Heaven can’t wait
A review of Day 3 through the eyes of George Perceval… For me, this third day was a day of experiences which you could never ever forget. It started with us being mobbed by near to 100 primary school kids which was quite incredible. The smiles on the kids faces as you produced the first tennis ball from the bag...
Day 2 – Duchess sings CWBs praises
Today I realized children in Rwanda have so little – and yet so much. From the moment I arrived in this beautiful country I realize despite the great atrocities of 20 years ago the children of Rwanda are building a future together and through the great medium of cricket with CWB learning the messages for...
Day 1 – Taxi for Jommo
After a relatively easy check in to Heathrow airport and only the one bag having to be altered on weight (33kg down to 32kg), we were finally on our way! After what seemed an eternity on a plane to Nairobi, part one was over. Up to this point, no hiccups! Cue Chris Haines’ (newly named...
CWB Spring 2013
This March volunteers from CWB will be once again travelling to Rwanda to coach and develop cricket with key AIDS awareness messages. You can follow their progress here on this blog.
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