School at Ntenyo

Earlier on my blog, I mentioned that we met with David from Sanejo who is working with YGAP to build a school in Rwanda. Last Thursday we headed south to the small village of Ntenyo (pronounced Nyenyo) about an hour and a half south of Kigali, the capital, to visit this project. We went with the Aussie family that is going to help build a house in the east of Rwanda. We had a fantastic time being at the school, checking out the building of three new classrooms, 

watching a game of soccer between the workers on the building and the volunteers from YGAP and 

sitting in the classrooms and teaching the children some songs in English.  

The children are so excited to be able to go to school. They can only attend if the parents buy the uniforms – cost a few dollars. If the parents come to the teachers saying that they cannot afford the uniform, they are offered the chance to pay a reduced rate of less than a dollar. Some still cannot pay and so the children cannot attend the school!! You can see that the children are enthusiastic to be at school, to get into class.

And they always LOVE to see themselves on camera as most have no access to photos at all.

Toys are almost non-existent in rural areas and so the children become quite innovative. Check out this 4 wheel drive vehicle made from wood and water bottle lids for wheels.