So perhaps it’s time to tell you what we're actually doing
here in Rwanda…
So there are two groups in Huye, an adult’s group and a
children’s group each group has a bunch of resources provided by ICS, and we
work in partnerships with AMU a local Christian organisation, with those
resources we plan, deliver and develop workshops.
Workshops can be on a range of topics for example for the
adult’s team we have personal finance, business planning, sexual education, HIV
and Aids awareness, health and sanitation, human rights, and English language
classes.
Hi my name is
Bryony Gemma Nisbet and I am the Team Leader based in Huye. I am 25 years old,
I have a Masters in International Social Development and Health and my
favourite quote would have to be, “Within every hardship there is a hidden
blessing” by Siddhartha Gautama… I think”
So who are you and
what do you do?
“I have lots of
things to do, my role is split between 30% project work and 70% pastoral work,
however my main role as a team leader is to support the volunteers and make
sure they are happy with the work they’re doing, I also delegate work and get
involved with a lot of the activities that the volunteers have planned.”
How are you
finding the project as a whole so far?
“I think the
project as a whole so far is going good, initially there were teething issues,
in terms of knowing what it is that we’re supposed to be doing, because this a
new partnership between International Service and AMU it has been challenging,
for example getting our resources sorted, and working out how our projects were
going to work, after the first week of low morale and low productivity, we
split into groups where we were able to decipher who would fit in where…but
overall it’s been really really good.”
What do you enjoy
the most about this project?
“I think what I
enjoy the most about the project so far is probably the people, the volunteers,
the people we meet on a day to day basis, the staff, the relationship we have
with International Service, when I think about what I enjoy the most its social
stuff, its being with people and communicating with people.”
How are you
finding your host home?
“So I live with my
counter-part team leader Messi, and we live with the head of AMU Huye, John
D’ Amour, his wife Solange, and their two
children Shemma and Anaya as well as the house help Monny, so there’s a few of
us. What’s great about our host home is that the family is so full of love
they’re very caring, they’re very supportive and recognise when I’m having bad
days to give me my own space, they’re just so humble and loving and I love
them.”
What have been the
most challenging elements of the project so far?
“For me personally
the most challenging elements of the projects so far is that this is actually a
24 hour job, obviously we get to sleep but we have to be on stand-by if
something happens, and I think I would be so much more at peace with this role
if we got to go home and switch off.”
Use three words to
describe your experience overall?
“Haha what a
disgusting question, ok well I’ll have to try and not think of buzz words, well
I would say that this role so far has been exciting, overwhelming but in a nice
way?, and I guess, educational because there’s so much learning going on.”
“Ok so my name is Rudasingwa Tatiana Messi, I’m currently
unemployed, I have a Masters in Gender, Peace and Security and I’m 26. My
favourite quote is in French and it comes from the Olympics, “Always Further,
and Always Faster”.
So who are you and
what do you do?
“I am a team leader, and what I do is baby-sit the
volunteers, haha, no only joking what I do is facilitate the activities, I’m
sort of a link between the volunteers and international service staff.”
How are you
finding the project as a whole so far?
“I would say it’s been very successful although it
started slow because we still had to do a lot of planning, we are the very
first cohort to be in Huye, it’s been challenging trying to put things in place
for the next cohort as well as our own."
What do you enjoy
the most about this project?
“What I enjoy the most is the location, I feel like it's
quiet, and very different from the place where I used to live, I also like the
organisation, AMU I like the work they do with the children.”
How are you
finding your host home?
“My host home is wonderful I stay with the head of AMU,
John D’ Amour, they are very welcoming, and even though the walk to and from
AMU is very far, its ok because the family is so loving.”
What have been the
most challenging elements of the project so far?
“I would say not being able to take part in the
activities is difficult because we see the hard work and effort that is put
into the activities but often the team leaders just sit back and watch what
happens rather than getting stuck in, also the pastoral side of the role can be
very difficult, trying to manage everybody’s individual likes and dislikes is
very hard. Also there seems to be a lot of miscommunication with the partner
organisation, and that has its own problems.”
Use three words to
describe your experience overall?
Stay tuned for week 4...
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