Monday 19 December 2016

Huye Talking To? Week 11

Week 11 - Lake kiuv and AMU open day

“Rwanda is a small country, but also one of the most beautiful”.

-          Naomi Benaron, (Rwandan author)



This week that quote couldn’t have been truer, the Huye team were treated to a day trip to one of Rwanda’s largest and most breath-taking natural sites. 


Lake Kiuv, situated in on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Lake Kivu is Rwanda’s largest lake, and the sixth largest lake in Africa, Lake Kiuv is about 3.5 hours away from Huye.



The lake bed sits upon a rift valley that is slowly being pulled apart, causing volcanic activity in the area, and making it particularly deep. Lake Kivu is a fresh water lake and, along with Cameroonian Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun, is one of three that undergo limnic eruptions.

The incredible lake provides the perfect spot for some lunch, selfie opportunities, and a chance for one to relax and take in the stunning scenery. Due to high levels of methane in the Lake nobody was allowed to swim, but that didn’t matter, we’d just enjoyed great burgers, fish on a skewer, salad, and chips.



The whole day was a perfect end to an awesome week, it gave everyone a chance to see some really beautiful landscapes, and not to mention how amazingly scary the hills on the journey back look.



In the same week AMU hosted its ‘open day’, it was to showcase AMU Huye’s achievements throughout the year and to look back at all the hard work that the organisation has done, how many lives they have change and the impact it’s had with in the community. 


Each year every district hosts their own ‘Open Day’ this year AMU Huye was in the lead (take that Kigali).



The open day was a vibrant and exciting ceremony filled with singing, dancing, drama and presents. We saw the local church choir sing their hearts out to different hymns in Kinyarwanda (the national language) we saw the young people who regularly attend AMU conduct a beautifully choreographed piece of traditional Rwandan dancing, and some of the younger members of AMU even did a short play on tackling child abuse based on the workshop they had attended at AMU.



By the end of the event we gave gifts to AMU and vice versa, we presented them with group photo so they would never forget what we look like, note books, pens pencils, sharpeners coloured cards and small sweets for the children, (all of which came from the pockets of the generous volunteers), in return to show their appreciation AMU gave us some scarfs, notebooks, bracelets, pens and a thank you card.



Thanks to AMU’s open day, all the volunteers and members of the local community were able to see how much of a positive impact AMU makes in the life’s of others. From day 1 to day 85, we really changed our lives and the lives of others. 

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