Three Weeks On…

So it’s just over three weeks since our project finished and we were all either making our way home or enjoying onward travel. We thought it would be an ideal time to tell you what we have been up to in the UK since our return, we have all been busy bees! Francesca Since I […]

Evaluation and Celebration

Wednesday saw the official end of our project! What an amazing three weeks we have had in Rwanda. We have seen some fantastic things, met some amazing young women and explore every district across this beautiful country of a thousand hills! As part of the end of GOLD projects there is an official evaluation that […]

The Last Training Session

Yesterday saw us travel in the afternoon to a boarding school about 2 hours away from Kigali. We were training the Scouts and Guides at the school (they do combined sessions but take a separate promise) following the end of their lessons and before the start of their evening prep. Not all of the girls […]

The Final Countdown

Monday was our penultimate day of training here in Rwanda. It was a national holiday following the Eid celebrations of Sunday but the troop based at a school in the Muhanga District were so excited to see us we went to train them on their day off! We were accompanied by the GOLD team but […]

Culture, Kimaronko and Chillaxing

We have had a pretty busy but very exciting weekend, hence why we haven’t got round to writing a blog! Saturday started with us visiting Nyamirambo Women’s Centre’ – a place which had been recommended to us before coming to Kigali. There a number of things that you can do there including cooking classes, basket […]

Introducing…. Dodo

It’s time to meet Dodo, the team leader for GOLD this year! Dodo is 26 and she has been a guide for 2 years. Initially, she was part of a mentoring programme called 12+ which AGR were in partnership with. This is where Dodo first heard about guiding and learnt about WAGGGS. It was something […]

Hills, Hills and More Hills!

An early start for us this morning as we ventured to the Norhern Province for the first time. Unfortunately, the bus was slightly delayed but we got on it and it took just less than four hours to arrive at the school where we were training. The session was based on leadership skills and communication. […]

Introducing…. Safa

Today you get to meet Safa! Safa is 19 and has been in guiding for over 12 years! This is her first GOLD project and she is very excited to be joining us. Her best moment in guiding so far came this year when she was a peer for the YESS girls. She was really […]

Happy and Smiley People!

This morning started with PANCAKES! We had a lot of flour, baking powder and sugar left over from the cake and Hannah had a fantastic idea to make some pancakes with it. We were so excited and they tasted just as good as we hoped. Topped with a selection of fruit, honey, peanut butter and […]

Introducing…. Sylvie

We would like to introduce Sylvie! Sylvie is 26 years old and has been involved in Rwandan guiding for the last two years. This is her first time in the GOLD team. Her favourite guiding memory so far was having the chance to attend the young womens gathering session. She learnt about how young leaders […]