As the rest of the team set off early to Kinihira, Lee and I stayed in Kigali. We were ably assisted by tall Eric, Sarah and Veronica. Our first school was called Imtwali where we trained two groups of primary students. The children were fantastic and we had two of the most enjoyable sessions of the trip so far.
Unfortunately the weather then intervened and a couple of hours of rain meant we had to cancel our first afternoon session. I kept myself busy by telling Eric about British winters (The coldest he’s ever been is twelve degrees). At this time we got word that the rain had hit Kinihira and the rest of our party would be heading back.
Thankfully the sun came out in time for us to visit our last school of the day, St Andree. This was an after school session for a group of teenagers and at first we thought we might have our work cut out for us, particularly in comparison with the younger children in the morning. Nothing could be further from the truth. Once the session began they were engaged, had fun and really seemed to absorb the messages.
Job done we returned to the hotel in time to meet up with the rest of the team. After a trip involving two motorbike taxis (the first one got lost and asked me for directions!) We ate a good meal and then headed off to Kigali’s only ten pin bowling alley. I don’t want to make a big song and dance about it but I did win.
Ben