In June last year Bingley Rotary Club raised 700 GBP to help Rwanda following a talk I gave at their regular weekly meeting. Following an application to the International fund this was doubled and they eventually donated 2,000GBP which was fantastic.
I was delighted to be able to use these funds to help a school in Rwanda called Gitinda. It is a very remote school near the base of Muhabura volcano. The head teacher is called Providence. The school had no electricity and not much chance of getting any due to the remote nature of its location. Here are some images of the school.
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| Classroom showing new lights! |
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| The control centre |
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| Another classroom with lights! |
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| New primary library under construction |
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| Solar panels installed |
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| Wall demolished and library now created |
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Primary library books including reading books Yippeee!
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I visited the school today and they are very very happy with the panels and the books. They have now had time to move all the primary books to the new shelves in the library that they are also very proud of. (The books were previously stored in the secondary school and were inaccessible to the primary teachers) Children are now borrowing books to take home and read. The head teacher is now able to run a laptop and printer from the energy provided by the solar panels which helps her to run the school more effectively and also they can charge their mobile phones - essential! :-)
It is amazing how such a relatively small amount by UK standards can make such a huge difference over here.
So a very very huge thank you to the Rotary Club of Bingley. Keep up the good work! It is very very much appreciated.
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