Dear readers I am so sorry for 2 things
1) I have not been writing for a while and
2) this is my last blog This is what I did:
Saturday 31st july
On Saturday the students did a long walk around kamembe to meet us at the guest house because we walked there then we walked back together.
Sunday 1st august
On Sunday we walked to the hotel du lac for a swim in the pool but when we turned up there was no water in the pool so we dangled our feet in lake kivu, it was so cool because we were basically in no mans land.
Monday 2nd august
On Monday mum and I took the material I bought to the ladies cooperative and they measured me and at this moment they are making two skirts for me, and a blouse for me. Everyone was working on the projects and mum and dad were preparing for us to go away for two days
Tuesday 3rd August 10
On Tuesday we left for kigali we flew there then met our safari guide and then we drove to akagera. Then we went on a safari. When we got there it was a dream come true. We checked in then went on a 1 hour safari followed by a 1 hour boat trip. And it was so fun . We saw elephants and got out of the truck and went up close to them
Wednesday 4th August 10
On Wednesday we left for a ten hour journey! We traveled to the top of the reserve which was where the animals were. To get us to the top it took us 6 hours while having stops to look at the animals but we went through the big section where the horseflies and tetzi flies stay. So we weren’t allowed to have the windows meaning we nearly died of heat but it was worth it because when we got to the top we got out of the car and ate our packed lunch surrounded by hippos, zebras, waterbucks and buffalos. It was absolutely the best safari because we went off tracks to get about 20 metres away from the animals.
Thursday 5th August 10
On Thursday we woke up at 3:30 so we could catch our flight from Kigali to kamembe. We relaxed then got ready for the arrival of our last guests Harriet and Jane from Kings house. The students had gone up to Kigali while we were at Akagera so they accompanied Harriet and Jane to the house.
Friday 6th August 10
We went to ishywa to visit the health centre and then we played football with the Rwanda aid staff. The health centre is really progressing well.
Saturday 7th August 10
Harriet, Jane, Mum and I walked to the farm to see how things were progressing while dad and the students went to see the chimps.
Sunday 8th August 10
On Sunday we went to patrics daughters conformation which was a 3 hour church service in kinya Rwandan. After that we went for drinks at patrics house and celebrated with her. The singing was amazing.
Monday 9th August 10
On Monday it was the election so we spent the morning cleaning the kitchen and the rest of the bathrooms and bedrooms . There were lots of insects and cockroaches. Mum found cockroaches in the kitchen curtains. then we walked to the hotel du lac and we swum. it was heaven.
Tuesday 10th August 10
On Tuesday we went to Nkombo to go to the nursery because jane had brought some toys from her nursery kids. They were really pleased to see us and we played with the parachute and taught them lots of songs
Wednesday 11th August 10
On Wednesday we went to cyato to give them the stuff the students bought in Kigali. They got computer equipment and a printer and dictionaries and bibles. Then we went to the pork shack for dinner because it was sophies last night
Thursday 12th August 10
On Thursday we went to the street children football match and met lots of children who live on the street and have no parents and no homes. We are hoping to build a village like Ngwino Nawe for them then went to the peace guest house for drinks then we went home for lunch then said goodbye sophie.
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Saturday, 31 July 2010
dear readers i have been busy this week!
saturday 24th july
on saturday it was mum and dads anniversary i cannot believe that they have been together 11 years. anyway we decided that because the westminster group were leaving that morning and the students were going away for the weekend we would occupy ourselves by going to the rainforest and doing a 3 hr walk and it was tiring yet fun. when we finished we went to this new hotel that had just been opened and we had lunch there. it....was.....
AMAZING. when we went home we waited until gilly and elizabeth and neville arrived.
sunday 25th july
on sunday we walked to the farm with gilly and elizabeth and neville. The pig has not had her babies yet
monday 26th july
on monday we drove to cyato so magnus and john could play football and volleyball w ith some children, so dad could see some buildings and so mum, gilly and elizabeth could do some teacher training for the day with the rwanda teachers. They had a debate on polygamy against monogamy, a topic chosen by the rwandans!
tuesday 27th july
on tuesday we went to nkombo to play with the children in the nursery. We used the parachute and played lots of games . The children loved running across the parachute and they showed us their wash your hands game
wednesday 28th july
on wednesday we went to the childrens village and sophie, imogen and i made stuff out of the rwandan beads. There was a lovely littel boy who played with a balloon with me and an older boy called philippe who played with mum. He had been found in the forest and had never met any people till he was eight or nine years old!
thursday 29th july
on thursday the rwandans had a day off because there president came to speak and they all went meanwhile we walked up to the farm and guess what? one of the pigs had had babies six hours beforehand and they were so cute! while we were watching a movie that night we spotted that the house opposite us was on fire i was so scared but it was OK in the end .
friday 30th july
yesterday we traveled to mwegera but when we were half an hour away from the school there was a flat tyre on the car. being in africa people stopped and helped us eventually a car came and took dad and one of the workers but it would be about 1hr and a half before we would be driving again. luckily we were right next to the hot springs and we had planned to go there on the way back so i was wearing my bikini so we went there. once every thing was alright we went to mwegera and there we got another flat tyre so we took out the new spare tyre that we had bought during the whole kaffuffle and switched that with the other tyre. Dad also lost his phone in all the trouble! what a day
I have been making clothes all week on the old singer sewing machine . Today i hope to go to the market to get the ladies co-operative to make me some skirts!
saturday 24th july
on saturday it was mum and dads anniversary i cannot believe that they have been together 11 years. anyway we decided that because the westminster group were leaving that morning and the students were going away for the weekend we would occupy ourselves by going to the rainforest and doing a 3 hr walk and it was tiring yet fun. when we finished we went to this new hotel that had just been opened and we had lunch there. it....was.....
AMAZING. when we went home we waited until gilly and elizabeth and neville arrived.
sunday 25th july
on sunday we walked to the farm with gilly and elizabeth and neville. The pig has not had her babies yet
monday 26th july
on monday we drove to cyato so magnus and john could play football and volleyball w ith some children, so dad could see some buildings and so mum, gilly and elizabeth could do some teacher training for the day with the rwanda teachers. They had a debate on polygamy against monogamy, a topic chosen by the rwandans!
tuesday 27th july
on tuesday we went to nkombo to play with the children in the nursery. We used the parachute and played lots of games . The children loved running across the parachute and they showed us their wash your hands game
wednesday 28th july
on wednesday we went to the childrens village and sophie, imogen and i made stuff out of the rwandan beads. There was a lovely littel boy who played with a balloon with me and an older boy called philippe who played with mum. He had been found in the forest and had never met any people till he was eight or nine years old!
thursday 29th july
on thursday the rwandans had a day off because there president came to speak and they all went meanwhile we walked up to the farm and guess what? one of the pigs had had babies six hours beforehand and they were so cute! while we were watching a movie that night we spotted that the house opposite us was on fire i was so scared but it was OK in the end .
friday 30th july
yesterday we traveled to mwegera but when we were half an hour away from the school there was a flat tyre on the car. being in africa people stopped and helped us eventually a car came and took dad and one of the workers but it would be about 1hr and a half before we would be driving again. luckily we were right next to the hot springs and we had planned to go there on the way back so i was wearing my bikini so we went there. once every thing was alright we went to mwegera and there we got another flat tyre so we took out the new spare tyre that we had bought during the whole kaffuffle and switched that with the other tyre. Dad also lost his phone in all the trouble! what a day
I have been making clothes all week on the old singer sewing machine . Today i hope to go to the market to get the ladies co-operative to make me some skirts!
Saturday, 24 July 2010
Dear readers so sorry that I haven’t been blogging for a week! But instead of doing a blog every day I am going to write every week so this is how my week went:
Wednesday 13th July 10
We left at 6:00 to catch a 9:00 plane at Heathrow 3
Thursday 14th July 10
We arrived in Nairobi and waited 3 hours for the plane to Kigali. When we arrived at Kigali we found out that the Westminster under school group were stuck in Paris! Because their flight to Paris had been cancelled meaning that they had missed their flight to Nairobi so they were diverted to Johannesburg so they would arrive at midnight. any way we drove back to Kamembe, it was a 6-hour journey but thanks to Patricks brilliant driving we survived. We arrived at 7pm and had dinner. There were some students and some are still here. Their names are Will, Freddie, Magnus, Georgie, Imogen and John and they are really nice. All the Rwanda aid staff were very happy to see us and francoise had made us an amazing dinner .
Friday 15th July 10
On Friday we went to cyato because we had brought some equipment for them to use.The school looks very good and they are building new classrooms for the secondary section. We gave them lots of shirts and all the equipment we had brought out with us including some musical instruments and a football strip for their team. On friday evening westminster finally arrived but they had no luggage!
Saturday 16th July 10
On Saturday the Westminster group mum, dad and I went to the farm. It was a long walk but it was okay. In the afternoon we wnet to find out about how we can help the street children in Kamembe. Thye are living in the street because they cannot live with their parents any more . In the evening there was an English play at one of the schools because Freddie had been teaching them it for 2 months and there were people pretending to sing songs in the breaks. One of the rappers sang a love song to me! How embarrassing. Well after that we went to a very nice restaurant and ate goat kebabs.
Sunday 17th July 10
On Sunday we had a rounder’s match down by the lake. We played against all the rwanda aid teachers and had a great time
Monday 18th July 10
On Monday we went to ishwa a small island with a health centre that Rwanda aid helps.
Tuesday 19th July 10
On Tuesday we went to Nkombo to teach at the nursery and to look at the houses Rwanda aid built.The boat ride was really good again and two of the students swam back but mum said I would get bilharzia so I couldnt swim!
Wednesday 20th July 10
On Wednesday I went to Mwegera the school that’s doubled with Westminster also on Wednesday will and Freddie left.I helped teach art with George and really enjoyed it
Thursday I went to mwegere only for a half day and on the way back we went and dipped our feet in the big hot spring then went to st matthews and I nearly forgot that its mum and dads 11th anniversary on Saturday.
Friday Jonas took me to the market to buy all the material for the craft ladies to make their produce and allowed me to choose the colours and stlyes. it was great and I chose some ,material for myself. Then we went back to the farm as one of the pigs is pregnant and Magnus is making hives out of twigs and banana leaves
In the evening we ate six kilos of poskr and 3 of bananas at the pork shack!
Wednesday 13th July 10
We left at 6:00 to catch a 9:00 plane at Heathrow 3
Thursday 14th July 10
We arrived in Nairobi and waited 3 hours for the plane to Kigali. When we arrived at Kigali we found out that the Westminster under school group were stuck in Paris! Because their flight to Paris had been cancelled meaning that they had missed their flight to Nairobi so they were diverted to Johannesburg so they would arrive at midnight. any way we drove back to Kamembe, it was a 6-hour journey but thanks to Patricks brilliant driving we survived. We arrived at 7pm and had dinner. There were some students and some are still here. Their names are Will, Freddie, Magnus, Georgie, Imogen and John and they are really nice. All the Rwanda aid staff were very happy to see us and francoise had made us an amazing dinner .
Friday 15th July 10
On Friday we went to cyato because we had brought some equipment for them to use.The school looks very good and they are building new classrooms for the secondary section. We gave them lots of shirts and all the equipment we had brought out with us including some musical instruments and a football strip for their team. On friday evening westminster finally arrived but they had no luggage!
Saturday 16th July 10
On Saturday the Westminster group mum, dad and I went to the farm. It was a long walk but it was okay. In the afternoon we wnet to find out about how we can help the street children in Kamembe. Thye are living in the street because they cannot live with their parents any more . In the evening there was an English play at one of the schools because Freddie had been teaching them it for 2 months and there were people pretending to sing songs in the breaks. One of the rappers sang a love song to me! How embarrassing. Well after that we went to a very nice restaurant and ate goat kebabs.
Sunday 17th July 10
On Sunday we had a rounder’s match down by the lake. We played against all the rwanda aid teachers and had a great time
Monday 18th July 10
On Monday we went to ishwa a small island with a health centre that Rwanda aid helps.
Tuesday 19th July 10
On Tuesday we went to Nkombo to teach at the nursery and to look at the houses Rwanda aid built.The boat ride was really good again and two of the students swam back but mum said I would get bilharzia so I couldnt swim!
Wednesday 20th July 10
On Wednesday I went to Mwegera the school that’s doubled with Westminster also on Wednesday will and Freddie left.I helped teach art with George and really enjoyed it
Thursday I went to mwegere only for a half day and on the way back we went and dipped our feet in the big hot spring then went to st matthews and I nearly forgot that its mum and dads 11th anniversary on Saturday.
Friday Jonas took me to the market to buy all the material for the craft ladies to make their produce and allowed me to choose the colours and stlyes. it was great and I chose some ,material for myself. Then we went back to the farm as one of the pigs is pregnant and Magnus is making hives out of twigs and banana leaves
In the evening we ate six kilos of poskr and 3 of bananas at the pork shack!
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
new year- new trip !
dear readers this is a new year and a new trip to rwanda except this time we are running the office at rwanda aid for 5 weeks! anyway i am soooo excited about this time because we are going to be doing waaay more exploring plus the rwanda team have set me a challenge i am meant to write the blog for children who follow rwanda and also i am entering a competition, you have to write a project on your holiday and the 4 winners each get a computer, a laptop, an x box and a 32" digital tv! so i've got to leave to get on a taxi to the airport now. read more of my blogs and spread the word!
Beth***
ps.feel free to add any questions or comments about rwanda and rwanda aid and requests
Beth***
ps.feel free to add any questions or comments about rwanda and rwanda aid and requests
Friday, 21 August 2009
Friday
Today we had our last day in cyangugu we spent it in Remera in the first lesson I did parachute with Mum and Paul. Shelly did a science lesson on the lungs, Emma did a English lesson on domestic animals, dad did a lesson on adverbs and Sara did a lesson on the weather. Then we went home and Mum, Dad and I went for a walk through the market and I bought some material then went to the peace guest house for a drink then back after that i wrote this blog.
I will do one more blog when I get back.
Beth***
I will do one more blog when I get back.
Beth***
Thursday, 20 August 2009
To Ana,
We are having a lovely time here in the thunder and lightning! We visited a very sweet 2 week old baby belonging to the headmaster of St. Matthews primary school after our session with them on Tues, and getting in some good practice of holding babies ready for my niece or nephew!
Hope you are not too bored and fed up and lots of love to Scrappy and Tom.
Chikin xxx
We are having a lovely time here in the thunder and lightning! We visited a very sweet 2 week old baby belonging to the headmaster of St. Matthews primary school after our session with them on Tues, and getting in some good practice of holding babies ready for my niece or nephew!
Hope you are not too bored and fed up and lots of love to Scrappy and Tom.
Chikin xxx
wednesday and thursday
Wednesday
Today we had a relaxing day, first a guy from the Congo called Eric came to sell carved wood and paintings I bought some of it .Then we walked to the peace guest house to have lunch .After that we took the car to Tendezi to the disabled village. some of the dorms were called The old vicarage, which was my old school and kings house .The children could not speak or hear and Fidel can only walk with his hands. I felt that I really wanted to help them more. When we gave them the toys we had bought they were very happy and played with them. It was chaos but they shared them very well. Fidel really liked the lion glove puppet. Then we went home and chilled.
Thursday
Today we had our first day in our last school Remera. On the 1st and 2nd lessons I did prepositions with dad then we had break . After that we had a sing song with primary 2. We sang if you're happy then lunch .Then I did another sing song then A lesson on clothes with mum and Emma from Westminster .We drove home in the pouring rain. It is raining right now while I am typing I can hear the thunderous noises from outside.
Beth****
Today we had a relaxing day, first a guy from the Congo called Eric came to sell carved wood and paintings I bought some of it .Then we walked to the peace guest house to have lunch .After that we took the car to Tendezi to the disabled village. some of the dorms were called The old vicarage, which was my old school and kings house .The children could not speak or hear and Fidel can only walk with his hands. I felt that I really wanted to help them more. When we gave them the toys we had bought they were very happy and played with them. It was chaos but they shared them very well. Fidel really liked the lion glove puppet. Then we went home and chilled.
Thursday
Today we had our first day in our last school Remera. On the 1st and 2nd lessons I did prepositions with dad then we had break . After that we had a sing song with primary 2. We sang if you're happy then lunch .Then I did another sing song then A lesson on clothes with mum and Emma from Westminster .We drove home in the pouring rain. It is raining right now while I am typing I can hear the thunderous noises from outside.
Beth****
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