The Kickabout 2010 team had a breakdown with one of their vehicles in Kenya which set them back three weeks while they waited for repairs.   Back on the road again, team member Lorrie Fair recently filed a report about their visit to Rwanda.  Rwanda was embroiled in a bitter civil war in which it is reported that 800,000 people died in the genocide and fighting that took place in 1994, and some reports claim that as many as 1 million died.   Rwanda has since recovered from the violence, and is now generally regarded the most stable country in East and Central Africa.

 

 

Kigali, Rwanda - Crossing from Tanzania at Rusumo Falls, Rwanda announces its arrival with authority. Sharp climbs up impeccably maintained roads play the role of welcome mat in the Land of a Thousand Hills. It is a simply gorgeous landscape, and you understand immediately an old Rwandan saying, “God is everywhere, but Rwanda is God’s home.” But sixteen years ago, Rusumo Falls would have triggered much different sentiments.