The Up Escalator

The Up Escalator

Kigali Airport Flight to Delhi in 2 hours. There we will train teachers to teach kids in “poverty” schools spoken English, an extension of what we do here in Rwanda.  Never having gone to India I am excited and ready for shock and delight. But before we...
Observing Instruction

Observing Instruction

This is the week for observing instruction. We drove about an hour out of Kigali; not a great distance, but slow. We left the ‘main road’, asphalted, decent.  Turned onto a dirt road. Dirt roads in Africa double as river beds. Long, deep channels run down...
Recent Articles

Recent Articles

Recently there have been a couple of nice articles about Rwanda. Such remarkable story. The November National Geographic is all about women. The article about Rwanda highlights the remarkable restructuring of women’s role in the country and highlights how the...
The Human Capacity for Forgiveness

The Human Capacity for Forgiveness

They Committed Genocide. Their Neighbors Welcomed Them Home By Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Laura C. Frizzell  April 24, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/opinion/rwanda-genocide.html Twenty-five years after they participated in one of the world’s...
Dings and Satori

Dings and Satori

Third month away from home. Two months in Rwanda, 4th or 5th trip here. At times feels like a second home. We now know the rules of the road, how to barter, who to call when the need arises, where to buy the best bread, the cheapest and freshest vegetables, how long...
Muzungu With a Flat

Muzungu With a Flat

Managing this project feels like standing under a hailstorm of confetti that you use to create a puzzle, an elaborate, multidimensional puzzle, each piece a critical part of the bigger picture. Each, a tiny detail that must be picked up, examined, discussed, assigned,...