Week 2 and a visit to the Eastern Provence

 This week I have been mostly observing lessons (again!) and trying to work out exactly what is in the TRC! Thursday, Friday and Saturday were slightly different, involving travelling to the Eastern Provence of Matimba for a day with Tutors and volunteers from ten different TTC's  (teacher training colleges) around Rwanda. We left Byumba at 10am and arrived in Matimba around 4pm having travelled down to Kigali and then up to the East. The accomodation was cool but basic and it was good to see some of the volunteers I arrived with and meet lots of other people. We ate lovely goat brochettes for dinner and had a very productive daye on friday discussing EarlyYears curriculum and TRC (teacher resource centre) matters as a large group of about 50 staff. After the training it was time to play so we all met up at the brochette place around 6.30pm and ordered our food - it did not come until 9pm, good thing we were all chatting and having a good time!

It was a special day on Saturday as it is the last in the month - the day when all Rwandans are required to undertake a community service, cleaning up the streets/greenery and painting etc. therefore, we decided to leave Matimba early (5am) and get into Kigali before it started. However, the bus left Matimba around 6.30am and at about 8.30 we were told to pull into a station by the police and wait for a few hours. Lots of people got off the bus but I stayed on to read and play with the small children who wanted to come up and drive the bus - as did a fellow volunteer!We began moving again at 10 and I finally reached home at 2pm! A long day but worth it for all the hilarity! Lets see what this week brings!