Kigali

So we finally made it to Kigali after a nearly twelve hour bus journey with our driver travelling at nearly 80mph in an old coach, dirt track roads and potholes galore my dernier has yet to recover! thankfully when we arrived in Rwanda it has some of Africa's best roads they put NI roads to shame!

Crossing the border was interesting it was pretty much a bridge with a few buildings and shacks and had a hard time explaining that we had dual nationality but we got through! After customs we had to empty our bags to stop the dreaded plastic bag from entering Rwanda which was really annoying because we needed them to stop stuff leaking everywhere! but we got through and arived in Kigali three hours late realising that Justin the guy who organised everything for us didnt have our number or we his! luckily after ten minutes we found him and he brought us round to our house its pretty sweet right beside the amaharo football stadium!

Justin and the director of Coeur Joyeux Janvier brought us to this african bbq place food here is just awesome even bananas are great cost only 5p its crazy! the markets are a bit crazy too there is so much selection and dirt cheap prices. Chris of coursed needed to get a shrit and instead of just bargaining normally him and Justin had about twenty vendors haggling with him for half an hour around the market was hilarous!

Saw the President he drove past but he didnt wave he must not have recognised us! he will be getting a strong worded letter from amnesty about that!

With Coeur Joyeux (CJ) we have been travelling around the country to see and document all their programs. Yesterday outside Kiglai we visited the ACCORDI cooperative whcih alongside CJ provides money and training to local vulnerable and poor people such as genocide survivors and widows. I will write more on this later. Tomorrow we are heading to the DRC into Goma and staying overnight on the Rwandan side in Gisenyi then back in on Friday to work with refugee camps. We have been taking notes, photography and videos of all the projects so that we can use them to fundraise and raise awareness at home!

Justin the administrator for CJ have been brilliant he is so talented and has so much passionate and love and its been really good to see him work! he should be president someday! photos and videos to follow if we can get them uploaded!