Album: Nyamata, Rwanda
What an amazing six weeks - Murakoze to you, Rwanda!
Emotional moment receiving the offering of a cow and milk - a portable version ;) Our families are now joined
Everything from the surrounding fields: savoury bananas, sauteed potatoes, peas & carrots and slow-cooked beef stew
J’❤ EBB!
Smiles all around on Ceremony Day
Proud to be passing from nursery school into primary
Suddenly everyone remembered skipping games from their childhood and challenged each other
The blue zebra and Ms European Union in our ceremonial mushananas
The teachers get competitive when they see the obstacle course
Leah, the seamstress, in the open sewing corner using her manual foot pedal machine
The hand-made school uniforms
Nothing like a nice cuppa whilst overlooking the savannah
Dunno who was more wary - him or us
A waterbuck making a quick getaway
Are they white with black stripes or black with white stripes?
Look closely - he only has three legs. He was still keeping up with the troupe but was right at the back
Trying to blend in but failing
Full concentration on the job in hand
The view all the way to Congo was worth the climb
This guy’s boat is a hollowed-out-tree-boat does the trick
Choosing our boat for An Island Tour
These children were on their way back up a seriously steep and long hill after collecting water at the river
Grinning gals high in the Rwandan hills
We bought the yellow ones for this weekend and the green ones for during the week and baby slept on oblivious to it all
If only all meetings could end with such a joyous atmosphere!
It did feel a little strange to be writing on the blackboard in front of a classroom of teachers
Two Emilys having a girl’s giggle
Family De Vanssay cycled across Europe during three months this summer and had amazing stories to tell us
Open Day: luckily, parents found their own kid’s name on the list, cuz we sure couldn’t!
Justine, the school’s founder, addressing the parents and teachers
“Pay attention now, children!”
Il était une fois…
Soon curiosity overcame the shyness and everybody wanted to touch white skin and blonde hair
It started off shyly showing bricks and calling out colours
Unexpected happy surprise to find this 50m pool nearby - we’ll be here often
First minutes of our six weeks in Rwanda