Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Streets of Kigali

The streets of Kigali... Good friends, lots of talk... more to come... http://ks-imaging.blogspot.com/search/label/Rwanda


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John. Chez Lando... Arsenal.

Anyway- Football was never my biggest passion. Still- I'd watch it every now and again- John- like many in Rwanda follows the English Premier league. Arsenal-is often-the team to follow. Well- they won against West-Ham, 2-1, on this occasion! I guess that was good- on this occasion!
John at Chez Lando, Kigali. Watching Arsenal FC.
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Monday, December 08, 2014

Feature in Nikon Pro Magazine.

I am really delighted, and a little humble, that Nikon Pro Magazine decided to feature part of my project about "Life After Genocide". The part is over six pages and is about Rwanda and the spirit there that helps move the country forward. Nikon Pro is published in several languages as a print and as an iPad edition. To subscribe Nikon Pro. More on Rwanda. More on Bosnia. More news on this project in the coming weeks and months.
Nikon Pro feature, winter 2014.
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Sunday, December 07, 2014

Rwanda: The Lawyer and house distribution

Lawyer John Bosco, explained to me how it worked once prisoners who had been taking part in the genocide were released and had to move back into the community they came from. Inn rWanda, there was a rehousing program put in place in order too re build houses that had been burnt down. Also, it was designed so that that prisoners who came back could not re-commit crimes easily. It basically means that people who had killed were living next to survivors. This "pattern of houses" meant that neighbours are living close together and the community would be able to keep an eye out for each other. To me, an outsider, it seemed rather surreal that someone who escaped genocide would potentially live next to someone who took part in genocide. In reality, it seems to be working pretty well. 
John Bosco in his office with his secretary
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