Volunteering Projects in Rwanda

Volunteer Feedback from Rwanda

Jessalyn

Things are going really well! I can't believe the trip is already half over, it has been a blast. I have been working at the Githunguri Health Centre in the town of Githunguri. They have everything here from maternity services, to HIV counselling, to outpatient immunizations. I have been doing a variety of everything and have even had the opportunity to deliver a few babies. It's been great :)

Grace

My time here in Rwanda is almost complete and I have to be perfectly honest and say that I never want to leave. My work here has ranged from daily feeding the disabled street people around Gisenyi, working in the orphanage (I say working but mostly jumping around like a big kid), and I have also had the opportunity to work in the rural clinic educating the patients on HIV, its causes and treatment, I have been assisting the nurses treating the patients and have also painted cartoon animals on the walls of the pre and neo - natal rooms. As far as community outreach is concerned, I have been working with victims of gender-based violence, giving them a microloan to establish their own cooperative and establishing a fund to pay for health insurance and secondary education for all their children. Rwanda is one of the most vibrant and welcoming countries I have ever visited and the Rwandese people, who are amongst the poorest in the world have a generosity which puts the west to shame.