Photos from Kibuye

This is just one very small corner of the enormous Lake Kivu

Dawn on the lake

Early morning on the lake

Dawn on Lake Kivu

Boats on Lake Kivu

Fishermen

Boat for hire!

The Centre Bethanie at Kibuye
Seen on the way to the hotel. I like it that one's in English, the other in French, while most of the target audeinec probably can't read in either!

Epiphanie and Marisa

Our little part of Kivu in the early morning

Kibuye town from the Centre St Jean

View from the Centre St Jean

The Tiga from 50,000 fathoms deep...

Water babies!

Part of the lake from our balcony

Lake Kivu from the balcony, Centre St Jean

Chillin' on the balcony at the Centre St Jean

L to R Marisa, Caroline, Epi, me, Tiga, Lisa and Marisa

Marisa is a Canadian VSO; she, like me, is a District Education Officer in Nyamata, about an hour south east of Kigali

Caroline is not a VSO, she's a Belgian agronomist specialising in soil erosion prevention. She is working in Gikongoro area in the far south, where there are very steep slopes being used for crops, and the risk of disastrous soil loss

Epiphanie is another Canadian VSO, a native French speaker, and is half Rwandan (Rwandanfather, Canadian mother). She is teaching science and maths in a secondary school at Kayonza in the far south east of Rwanda, right on the edge of the Akagera National Park

Tiga is an English VSO, she is teachign English at Nyamagabe secondary school in Gikongoro in the far south of rwanda, near the Nyunge Forest National Park

Lisa is a German girl, non-VSO, who was just finishing a short term placement before resuming a university course in South Africa. She is a specialist in conflict resolution - teaching people how to solve their diferences by peaceful means

Samira is an English VSO, also based in Gikongoro in the far south. She is a specialist HIV/AIDS worker in the schools and adult communities of Nyamagabe district.

The Centre St Jean on top of its own little hill