Farewell to the land of a thousand hills – epilogue

Well, it’s taken 42 blog posts and over 60,000 words, but I’ve managed to get there – this is the … More

Climbing Mount Karisimbi

CLIMBING MOUNT KARISIMBI , a snow-capped volcano between Rwanda and the DR Congo, the tallest peak in the Virungas, was … More

Today it’s April the 7th 2018, a day that marks the 24th anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide. … More

It’s been a few months since I last posted for the series ‘Letters from the Heart of Africa’. We are … More

Six weeks in to my volunteering placement in Rwanda I felt down. I had hit what psychologists call the ‘6th … More

One of my life goals was to volunteer in Africa but I was never quite sure if my career path … More

Dear friends, I made it, I’m here, in Kigali, Rwanda, writing to you from the hilly heart of a distant … More

A few years ago I volunteered in Rwanda. This serialised post is based on letters and emails sent home to … More