RWANDA

Personal Prospective - Grace Keisner (Rwanda Project Parent)

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Fact File - Country

  • Rwanda is a tiny landlocked country in east Africa
  • With its versatile and hilly terrain it is fondly called the “land of a thousand hills”
  • It is the most densely-populated country in Africa, with 10.1 Million people
  • Unfortunately, many know Rwanda for the The Rwandan genocide of 1994 which left 800,000 people dead and t he country devastate. Rwanda is slowly but surely making progressand although, there are still visible and invisible signs of its history, Rwanda is going from strength to strength.
  • Rwanda’s official languages are Kinyarwanda, French and English.

Fact File - Project

  • Volunteers (usually final year students) will work in long-term placements of 9 months (beginning September 2012) and will work in partnership with RVCP to develop both the structure and strategic aims of the NGO.
  • The Rwanda Village Concept Project (RVCP) is a student run organization based in Butare aimed at improving the health, living standards and education of communities in southern Rwanda.
  • The volunteers' role would include helping with long term strategy and Capacity Building, assisting with project development and fundraising support, and developing communication within the NGO and its stake holders. Training in these areas covered would be provided.
  • It is BVDA's longest standing project.
  • The volunteers will live in a basic house an d experience all aspects that life has to offer in a country such as Rwanda.