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July 1, 2019 •
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Featured image: Learning how to weave. By Sara Lewis he sun beat down on me as I walked down the dusty road. Motorcycles rumbled along and cars zipped by, leaving only a slight breeze in their wake. I finally saw the sign I’d been...
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June 30, 2019 •
Reporting Trips, Rwanda 2019 •
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Featured image: Yassina Igihozo (left) and Divine Uwase (right) led me on a whirlwind walking tour of Kigali. By Madelyn Kumar pon arriving at the smartly-decorated Akilah Institute cafe- woven baskets, industrial lighting, Stewart-esque...
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June 21, 2019 •
Rwanda 2019 •
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Featured image: The common area of our hostel, featuring many woven pieces of furniture and baskets as wall décor. By Grace Chen ur first morning in Kigali is an early one. The first of our cohort to arrive, we had landed just before...
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June 15, 2019 •
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Featured image: Map of the Virunga Massif which spans Rwanda, the DRC, and Uganda. By Claire Zalla he journey up the volcano was less of a hike and more of a battle through mud averaging eight inches deep. The jungle on either side was...
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June 7, 2019 •
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Featured image: Morning in Akagera. By Isaac Wilks ur battle-tested Land Cruiser glided rhythmically across the savanna, coaxing Daud and I awake. We had slept through most of the two-and-a-half-hour drive from Kigali to Rwanda’s far...
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June 5, 2019 •
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Featured image: Mt. Bisoke from the base. By Hadley Copeland t 4:45 AM, we were headed out of our own home base in Kigali to Volcanoes National Park and the 3,711 meter high Mount Bisoke. Packed into our rented van, we planned to catch up...
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June 4, 2019 •
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Featured image: The unfortunately large pile of things I acquired from the market. By Ileana Valdez n Rwanda, markets are places where you can acquire anything from a mop, to tonight’s dinner, to a handmade evening gown. Having heard...
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May 30, 2019 •
Reporting Trips, Rwanda 2019 •
Views: 450
Featured image: A vendor sold eggs in the front of the market. The overwhelming majority of shopkeepers were female. By Madelyn Kumar t was the fifth day in Kigali, and I was the only one who had not yet paid a visit to the Kimironko...
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May 27, 2019 •
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Views: 340
Featured image: The library of Akilah Institute. By Grace Chen he walls of Akilah Institute are plastered with signs reminding their students to use English. The acclaimed women’s school aims to address the gap between Rwanda’s current...
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May 27, 2019 •
Reporting Trips, Rwanda 2019 •
Views: 441
Featured image: Running out of gas in the Eastern Province. By Claire Zalla stood alone in the middle of a rust-colored dirt road in the rural Eastern Province of Rwanda next to a complete stranger with whom I shared no common language,...
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