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  (Stephanie is a guest blogger from Occidental College -class of 2011. – in Rwanda for a month)  Sunday, June 20th, 2010 This past weekend we attended a wedding on Friday and Saturday. The cultural wedding was on Friday and was so much fun! I wish we had more cultural weddings in America because the wedding seemed to have [...]

(Stephanie is a guest blogger from Occidental College -class of 2011. – in Rwanda for a month)  June 17th,  2010 Although I am not in South Africa, the spirit of the World Cup is strongly felt here in Rwanda. Even in the mornings when I run, I often hear either “Waving Flag”, the World Cup anthem or the [...]

  I'm sure some of you have been following these horrible events in Kyrgyzstan. The clip above is 4 days old but does give valuable information. Then you can read more posted today on this BBC site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10336927.stm I was glad to read that "Washington is sending its top Central Asia diplomat, Robert Blake, for [...]

  I'm sure many of your remember this time last year -today actually- when Officer Stephen Tyrone John's was murdered while on duty at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC.  Horrible news. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003884.html I want to ask you to do something for his family and for yourself, but first let me say this. [...]

(Stephanie is a guest blogger from Occidental College -class of 2011. – in Rwanda for a month)    Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 This week our focus shifted from the health of boys and men to women’s health. Today we had our first workshop with a group of women who are HIV+. Teaching people who are [...]

(Stephanie is a “guest blogger” from Occidental College -class of 2011. – in Rwanda for a month)    Thursday, June 3, 2010 Today we finished our first set of workshops for a group affiliated with a small NGO, called Play For Hope, which organizes soccer teams as an outlet for street kids. The group is made up [...]

(Stephanie is a “guest blogger” from Occidental College -class of 2011. – in Rwanda for a month)    Wednesday, June 2, 2010 In the mornings, Amy and I have been trying to run to get some exercise in our neighborhood of Kabeza, Kigali. Besides shouting “Masungu!” which means white person in Kinyarwandan, everyone likes to watch [...]

  From Stephanie: Sunday, May 30th, 2010 The main purpose for my trip to Rwanda is to teach public health workshops. As of now the workshops my friend, Amy and I have prepared focus on HIV/AIDS/STDs, nutrition, and alcohol and drugs. On Saturday we were told that a youth group wanted us to teach about [...]

    Hi Everyone,         Stephanie is a “guest blogger” from Occidental College (class of 2011).  Teresa and I met her this past spring on our bike/speaking tour and when she said she was going to Rwanda this summer I asked her to blog about it.  I will be posting her blogs [...]