KPI from Rwanda: Gatagara

As most of you know, Kids Play Intl’ hosts its programming in Gatagara, Rwanda. Gatagara is located 90 mins south of Rwanda’s capital Kigali. It’s situated between Ruhango and Nyanza.  Before Rwanda’s independence in 1962, Nyanza was the capital of the Kingdom of...

KPI from Rwanda: 2013 Coaches Clinic

Yesterday, KPI hosted its first of many coaching clinics for our new and existing coaches.  Fourteen coaches, including nine females and five males, from our three partner schools, Kaganza, Mwanabiri. Nyartovou, joined Jean Paul & Kate at the Gatagara cell office...

KPI from Rwanda: Attitude of Gratitude

Tuesday Gerard, Emmy, and Kate spent the morning visiting our KPI partner schools.  Currently KPI has three partners – Kaganza, Mwanabiri, and Nyartouvo.  All three schools are walking distance (10-35 mins) from the community field where we host our Let’s Play Fair...

KPI from Rwanda: Program Update – Fair Play

Here at KPI, we are currently eight weeks into the re-launch of our Lets Play Fair programming. Our new Lets Play Fair curriculum encompasses all of our S.P.O.R.T.S principles from before (School, Physical Fitness, Opportunity, Respect, Teamwork, and Self-esteem) but...

KPI from Rwanda: Volunteer Group 1 Recap!!

KPI is very happy to welcome 14 volunteers to Rwanda this year. Our first group of four volunteers arrived on the 9th of July and left the 18th while our second group of ten joined us on the 19th and will be staying until the 28th. The first group was made up of all...

KPI from Rwanda: Rwanda’s Reality

This week marks the 51st anniversary of Rwanda’s Independence from colonialism as well as Rwanda Liberation Day that marks the end of the 1994 Genocide.  Between 1959, when the Tutsi King was exiled, 1962, when Rwanda recieved her independence, and July 1994,...