Our next adventure took us from Kigali to the town of Butare. Some of our group took public transportation to get here so that there would be room in the van that we hired for our 9 large bags of donations. This was a very fun experience.
Once we arrived into town we checked into Hotel Du Mont Huye and explored the town for a bit. The hotel is located very close to the main street which makes navigating and exploring this bustling Rwandan city pretty easy. The next day we visited the boys and girls orphanages in Butare. Here we distributed some of the donations that we were able to raise in the United States. The children, as well as us, cannot express enough how deep our gratitude is for the people who donated items. We took many pictures during our visits, but they will have to be posted at a later time, please excuse the inconvenience. Little or no internet connection is part of life here, and learning to deal with that is a large part of our experience.
The day after visiting the orphanage we took the rest of our donations to L'Ecole Primaire Du Butare. This is the school that has been rebuilt by the Friends of Butare Organization. The link to their website is located on this blog. We personally visited each classroom from the nursery to primary to secondary classes we handed each and every student a piece of candy as well as the school supplies that were donated to us. Again pictures of the school and the distribution of donations will be coming soon.
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