What An Experience...

Whether it’s been working on base, 

washing with a bucket or 

exploring the length of Akagera national park; 

Rwanda has been anything but ordinary.

Less than 5 months ago it started...

‘Hey i would quite like to go to Rwanda...”

There have been many things in my life I have thought about doing

 But they are all just thoughts, ideas, dreams... right?

After months of intense organisation: shopping, fundraising, vaccinations – that dream became reality!

Here I am.

In what’s known as; Rwanda, Kigali, Rubirizi, Kabeza, Samuduha, or for the last three months... Home.

Being here I have not only made lifelong friends but also been welcomed into an amazing family.

Just like any other family we sit round a table and eat together (granted there is a lot more than one table!), We look out for each other, we spend time with each other and most importantly we love each other.

A year ago I had my heart set on going to University to do a teaching degree, after months of interviews and offers it didn’t work out, I was lost. Now I sit here after having a full time job for 6 months, doing short term volunteer work in Africa, planning on going to University in September to do a nursing degree 

And I wouldn’t want it any other way. 

Although something may feel like the worst possibly situation at the time,

 6 months later you will completely understand... 

I guess what I am trying to say is thing’s really do happen for a reason. 

"Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love

the things you are, the things you never want to lose."

Lx