http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog The Official Rwanda Initiative Blog Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is my first foray into the world of blogging. And while I certainly don't have the ability to express myself as eloquently as the journalism students here, I hope that I can provide some interesting insights nonetheless.   It surprised me to find that no other interns have written extensively about ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2186 For the three interns currently in Kigali, we've had the chance to experience something the summer interns never witnessed: Rwanda's rainy season. Actually, Rwanda has two rainy seasons. The shorter one, the one we're currently undergoing, lasts for just October and November -- though we had a couple impressive storms in ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2183   Andréanne Baribeau In an attempt to curb the abusive and expensive use of pesticides in Musanze, potato farmers are taking part in a new agricultural program, recently introduced in Rwanda. These farmers are learning the “Integrated Pest Management” techniques through hands-on workshops that take place right in the fields. I met ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2135   Wanda O'Brien From the idea to the final story. Read about my adventure navigating Kigali with a link to the final article below. It started, as all articles do, with a story idea and it ended with me not only learning more about a subject, but getting more geographically acquainted with ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2124   Yolande Cole The moto‘s engine cuts out on the gravelly slope we are traveling from Kibuye, and in the sudden silence all that’s left are the velvety green fields of banana plants, the startling blue of Lake Kivu and the dusty, windy path we are coasting down. After a summer in ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2116   Chloé Fedio With a 20kg sack balanced on her head, Juliene Njirantibankundiye walks 4km up and down Rwanda’s hilly countryside to deliver her freshly-picked coffee cherries to the washing station in Rushashi. She’s part of the Abakundakawa cooperative, an organization of 1700 smallholder coffee farmers established in 2004. The cooperative produces ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2085   Adam Chen As I walk down the driveway of the Kigali Memorial Centre (where I am currently doing my internship) alongside my friend and fellow coworker Serge, I immediately begin to think to myself -- why are we holding hands? A second thought runs through my mind -- why shouldn't we? We ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2011   Yolande Cole The five hundred dollars, the hour-long scramble through stinging nettle, sinking brush and sharp branches, and the 4 a.m. wake up call were all completely worth it for the moment when we sat two metres away from Guhonda, the silverback of the Sabyinyo gorilla tribe. The animal sat ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=2002   Chloé Fedio I found a little piece of my hometown in Rwanda today. Ubuntu Edmonton is a non-profit organization that operates in Kimironko, a community on the outskirts of Kigali. It supports orphans, widows and their children in the Umudugudu Imena, a settlement established by the government for those left homeless ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=1982   Laxmi Parthasarathy As I was driven further away from the centre of town to an area of Kigali called Ndera I heard the swooshing noise of landing airplanes become louder. The car pulled up to two large white gates which read Les Enfant De Dieu and the noise disappeared into the ... http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/blog/?p=1948