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Who Would Have Imagined Rwanda 25 Years On?

Who Would Have Imagined Rwanda 25 Years On?

by Kristine Pearson | May 10, 2016 | Africa, African progress, By Kristine Pearson, Justice, Rwanda

World headlines fixated on one event – the culmination of the long march to democracy in South Africa and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela. As Western media seem to feature one African story at a time, another African event was a footnote: an ‘African tribal war’ in a country not many had heard of.

A Response: From Nyamata to New York

A Response: From Nyamata to New York

by Guest Contributor | Jun 12, 2013 | Children, Rwanda

By Frank Reidy, former Country Director of Refugee International Trust. This is a comment in response to Kristine Pearson’s blog about Rwandan head-of-household, Jonathan Macumi.  Their faces...
The Lifelight Becomes Sonia’s ‘Guardian Protector’

The Lifelight Becomes Sonia’s ‘Guardian Protector’

by Kristine Pearson | Mar 5, 2010 | Energy poverty, Rwanda

Location: Near Nyamata town, Rwanda | I first met Sonia in October 2009 when she received her Lifelight.  She was shy for her age and wore her best Sunday yellow church dress with frills and lace to the distribution session held at a local community hall.

Replacing Diesel duel with LED Lights for Rwandese Orphans

Replacing Diesel duel with LED Lights for Rwandese Orphans

by Kristine Pearson | Mar 5, 2010 | By Kristine Pearson, Energy poverty, Rwanda

For nearly three years, I’ve been focusing on understanding the use of firewood, kerosene and candles by vulnerable children and women in sub-Saharan Africa. I often write and speak about how kerosene, outside South Africa.

The Lifelight Becomes Sonia’s ‘Guardian Protector’

Reflections – 11 Years of Progress in Rwanda

by Kristine Pearson | Oct 13, 2009 | African progress, By Kristine Pearson, Children, Rwanda

Today is why I do my life’s work. A colleague, and I spent the day in Bugasera, Rwanda in an area where prior to the genocide, the population was 64,000, afterwards 2,000. We spoke with 30 (50/50 female/male) child heads of households

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