4.30pm West Central Africa Time, our UK Team of 14 arrive at Tearfund Headquarters in Kacyiru, Kigali . Roxane, Faith and myself(Claudia) are settling down into our temporary accomodation at the Moucecore office. After we managed to get out our essentials from our suitcases, Beth comes to our room to introduce us to the other half of our team. Valentin, our team leader, was smiling the first we met him and he still is - God bless Him!
Anyway, so he had this massive grin on his face as he introduced himself; "My name is Valentin, people call me Valentine but its Valentin. And my rwandan name means 'I am happy' Ndishimye and I love to meet people"...We still remember it like it was yesterday, Valentin is a lovely guy, in all honesty, he is never angry we thank God for that because it's peace, joy, love and happiness in our house.
30 minutes after Valentin introduces us to Patrice, he was cool right from the start but very quiet, he is very clever, it even reflects in his jokes. So after being introduced to each other, we had lunch together, all 25 of us. Before heading off to our various project areas in Muhanga, Rwamagana, Kigali and Cyangugu, we undertook training at the Tearfund/Moucecore headquarters. It was opportunity to meet other national volunteers outside our teams, we established good relationships, prayed and worshipped together as a whole. Friday was the day we were supposed to leave for our various project locations so within the next 3 days we had a few training sessions. The training sessions were based on important topics such as Understanding our different cultures, Health and Safety, Child Protection and Kinyarwanda lessons too. On our final night a talent show had been organised to showcase our various talents and also just to entertain ourselves. It was a fantastic night, filled with music, dance, drama and laughs. Our presentation was based on a gospel concert/church service.
Valentin trained Faith and Roxane to be exceptional ushers, Patrice was the sound engineer/DJ, myself as the host and Valentin was a Preacher.Our team won - but everyone really did something unique, we had fun and I am certain we would all remember that night.
- Claudia
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