Come to the Go the Second Mile OPEN HOUSE and RWANDA SHOW AND TELL!
Typically when traveling abroad we want to blend in to the culture, not appear like tourists. However, as Westerners traveling to a developing country, there is no escape into the masses; you stand out like an apple tree on the savannah . . . More
The crickets are chirping in Kinyarwanda; the moon hangs kaddy wompus; the radio is blaring in some unrecognizable language; a foreign bug is creeping across my computer screen; the night is very quiet such that any noise carries. I suppose if I breathe heavy, the neighbors might hear–nah. They’d have to hear me over the radio next door. Everyone’s up around 5 a.m., so 8:30 feels like 10:30 p.m., so most the team has headed to bed . . . More
There is a buzz word out in the non-profits regarding what they call Child Head of Household. It denotes children leading their own household due to no parents as a result of war, genocide, AIDS, etc. It’s not uncommon in Rwanda . . . Our host, Steven, came to Rwanda soon after the genocide and began taking these kinds of kids into his own home, and continues to do so unto this day . . . More