Early this morning, I walked the last of the volunteers to Virunga bus station to send them off to Kigali and on to their respective journeys. I compiled a list that samples some of the experiences and accomplishments of the volunteers during the three weeks in which they participated in Ungana’s Masterminds programs:
Gave roughly 100 kids confidence in English conversation, Money Management, Health,
Music, Sports, and Art
Saw zoo animals in their natural habitat at Akagera National Park
Took a Road Tour of Gisenyi
Taught the same lesson 14 times in one day
Listened to the Von trap family singers sing Rwanda’s national anthem
Brainstormed, planned, and carried out 20 different lesson plans for 30 or 70 kids
Went to the beach during lunch
Played with street kids with a volcano in the background
Talked for an hour one night a week about personal love lives to complete strangers
Survived motorcycle taxi helmets
Got a sunburn at 5000 ft and 1 degree below the equator
Visited an orphanage with 670 children
Made banana leaf picture frames with local artists
Observed Rwandan education first-hand
Improved teaching resumes.
Spoke with local leaders
Slept with geckos
Gained bargaining skills in a goods market
Smelled methane
Adapted to a culture
Made new friends
Taught local athletes the ways of the Frisbee
Successfully managed 65 kids at one time in a 30 x 30 ft space
Waited 1.5 hours for food at a restaurant
Spent a cumulative one hour a week washing feet
Met Jack Hannah
Watched the complete third season of House
Demonstrated complicated activities to ESL kids
Over 10 days, put in 100 hours of work
Embraced the cold shower
Clubbed to Congolese Music
Fought mosquitoes
Learned Kinyarwandan, French, and ‘Jeff’ dialect
Spent three weeks in Africa’s most dense population
Made an impact
Thank you to Tyler, Christyn, Maren, Amber, and Ben for making the Ungana Masterminds program a resounding success!
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