About this Blog
From January 2005 Anna and Tim were working as Link Teachers at G.S.Muhura. Then from September 2006 until November 2007 Kersti (a VSO volunteer) was teaching/working at G.S. Muhura. This was also the beginging of VSO's involment with G.S. Muhura and Global Education in Rwanda. This blog will feature postings ranging from the visits of staff and pupils to both schools, to more personal accounts of the things that happen to the Link Teachers. You can leave messages for public consumption for them on one of the message boards, or for private communication email: lb4432@henrybox.oxon.sch.uk
All the entries in the teachers' blog:
4 Nov 07 Solar Energy comes to Muhura! And brand new technology!
4 Nov 07 Taba Primary School I went to the school, just down the road on the way into the centre of Muhura, to find out what life is like there
13 Sep 07 New term! Last term for us at GSM and first for you!
28 May 07 GS Muhura News Our last edition of GS Muhura News
21 May 07 GS Muhura News - our newspaper ready to download! Please remember this news paper is on African time!
7 May 07 Holidays! The most amazing country from a tourist point of view.
27 Mar 07 Holidays! End of term here in Rwanda.
20 Mar 07 Filming for Comic Relief! Exciting day being part of something so big!
8 Feb 07 Our last day at GS Muhura School The Rwanda team spend their final hours with staff and students at GS Muhura School in Rwanda
7 Feb 07 Photos! Some photos of our visit to the market and the work we have done with the english club in the afternoon.
31 Jan 07 Life at the end of January. School is slowly getting going.
4 Jan 07 Global Curriculum Project- Year 7 music Music project comparing British national anthem to the rwandan national anthem
17 Oct 06 Messages from Muhura have been posted! Last few weeks of Term.
10 Oct 06 The Presidents Visit to Muhura. First photo's added!
12 Apr 06 Link Teachers return to UK MF remains as ambassador to Muhura
26 Mar 06 Gisenyi and Congo visited And GSM narrowly beaten by Muzungu United
12 Mar 06 Term, and Link Teachers’ time in Rwanda, draws to a close One more week of teaching before exams begin.
25 Feb 06 Teachers return to Kigali for Christmas Card Competition. NEW INFO ADDED Internet almost comes to Muhura, but not quite
13 Feb 06 Alex's report Alex's personal account of his week at Muhura
13 Feb 06 Anna and Tim’s Blog Second Reciprocal Visit a great success
4 Feb 06 In Kigali for Alex's arrival Preparations for second reciprocal visit complete
21 Jan 06 ICT teaching begins Computer lab functioning well at 80% of full capacity!
13 Jan 06 Back to Muhura Long hoped-for reunion with MF causes much excitement.
9 Jan 06 Return to Kigali NOW WITH AERIAL PHOTOS! Blog-silent holiday season ends
1 Dec 05 We are back And our luggage should be arriving any day now
29 Nov 05 Return Imminent Assuming snow has not prevented plane taking off from Brussels
21 Nov 05 Lawrences in Africa. Tour of great lakes region experiences only minor technical difficulties.
2 Nov 05 Phase Five reaches Cusp Of Success Holidays beckon as visitors set off from UK
25 Oct 05 Phase Four a Great Leap Forward Teachers return to Muhura for Exam season
20 Oct 05 Phase Three (of a projected Five) Completed. Visas still tantalizingly out of reach as teaching ends.
18 Oct 05 MF Drama rocks Muhura In final week of lessons
8 Oct 05 PK joins us at Jambo Beach Link teachers complete unintentional warm-up Presidential meeting
7 Oct 05 A Walk Too Far Legs still poorly three days on. NOW COMPLETED AND WITH MORE PICS
26 Sep 05 Manasi's House Visited Visa Game Rejoined
25 Sep 05 His Excellency President Paul Kagame to Visit Muhura Rough date set for dignitaries' visit. NOW WITH MORE PHOTOS
11 Sep 05 Kigali visit for shopping and barbequeing After a busy school week
6 Sep 05 Seasons role around Signs of changing times abound round our way
30 Aug 05 Prompt start to new term Link teachers go bak 2 skool
18 Aug 05 Holiday Tour of Rwanda draws to a close Jon Wolton packed off to Nivrobi
30 Jul 05 Jon Wolton Arrives in Rwanda Legs ache from football but blisters all healed
23 Jul 05 Musical Collaborations and Country Hiking R&R finds its way into marking week
14 Jul 05 Appointment with gorillas booked Unscheduled Kigali visit permits butter purchase
14 Jul 05 GSM-HBS Partnership becomes a DFID Global Schools Partnership Successful bid enables future short-term teacher exchanges
8 Jul 05 New Era Dawns as we are hooked up to the GSM grid
2 Jul 05 Holiday Weekend sees summer start, while Jez and Liv leave us Micro-update from Nyagatare NOW WITH PHOTOS
25 Jun 05 Dry season struggles to get under way as Jez and Liv arrive in Rwanda
21 Jun 05 Wedding in Ndatemwa Weekend in Muhura enlivened by motor-bike ride to local festivities
14 Jun 05 GSM score 3 goals!! Unfortunately Muzungu United score 6
10 Jun 05 A tale of two football matches. Nigeria v Rwanda provides warm up for main event.
5 Jun 05 Livin’ in Muhura with Bryan Adams Music proliferation and much dot interaction enabled by quiet weekend in Muhura
4 Jun 05 Cake and Fanta Party Declared a Success Teachers survive Anna's baking as Tim's birthday officially ends
24 May 05 Birthday Week draws to a close Link teachers rest after busy times
23 May 05 Extreme Cooking Grasshopper cuisine saga
13 May 05 Jigger-tastic!! Anna survives surgery in the field (well in Pheneas’ backyard) – includes gruesome photos!!
13 May 05 Other news Non Jigger-related news of what we've been up to this week
25 Apr 05 Haircut, and sandals repaired How to feed two people and a cat for less than £3 a week
25 Apr 05 Teaching recommences in earnest However weekends not so busy
18 Apr 05 New term gets underway gently Absence of students eases holiday-work transition
9 Apr 05 Introduction of Woltons to Rwanda successful. Anna's parents head home after action packed two weeks.
15 Mar 05 Chief of the courgettes and well proportioned shrew feel descructive force of growing kittens. Well done Matthew!
9 Mar 05 Moto Scenery Views from the road home.
7 Mar 05 VSO Workshop a Success and Work Permits Obtained! Just the visas still to go
4 Mar 05 VISAS: the story continues Teachers back in Kigali for more workshoping
28 Feb 05 Link teachers take part in VSO workshop Kittens seem pleased to have them back in Muhura
20 Feb 05 Kitten Shock Visa, football and pizza all pushed to sidelines as small cats dominate proceedings
17 Feb 05 Thoughts on country life Proper spell of living and working in Muhura prompts reflection
4 Feb 05 Teaching now well underway but absent official prevents visa success
29 Jan 05 She waffles but we love her Anna's version of recent events (you may have read some of this in an email from me, but it's worth sifting through to find some new, and in my opinion, rather interesting bits.)
28 Jan 05 Bureaucracy Puts slight dampner on end of first week of teaching
24 Jan 05 Internet in Muhura Teachers log on at the Lycee. NOW WITH MORE WRITING AND NEW PHOTOS!!
14 Jan 05 VSO ICT completed Teachers now fluent in beginners' Kinyarwanda
7 Jan 05 Settling In Period completed Teachers return to Kigali for training
2 Jan 05 Joyeux Nouvelle Annee (Sp?) Christmas and New Year spent in Kigali, successful living in Muhura in-between.
24 Dec 04 Merry Christmas! For Turkeys, Date with Destiny is 24/12/04
23 Dec 04 Teachers move (briefly) to Muhura. Our house is finished, and filled with our posessions - NOW WITH VIDEO.
17 Dec 04 Enough for an omlette Turkey lays second egg in three days!
16 Dec 04 Anna devient francophone (?) Tim se charger de tout – mais pas pour beaucoup de temps! NOW WITH MORE PHOTOS!!
16 Dec 04 Turkey lays egg!! Egg found in turkey house!
11 Dec 04 First visit to Muhura Anna and Tim stay with Rev Pheneas and family, meet many friendly people, and see their new house.
7 Dec 04 Rendez-vous with Rev Pheneas Anna and Tim find the Chinese supermarket, Rev Pheneas and Santa all in one afternoon. NOW WITH MP3!
6 Dec 04 Acclimatisation continues apace Teachers successfully catch buses and only get really wet once.
28 Nov 04 Goodbye Oxford Anna & Tim say goodbye to Dreaming Spires and Betty Sproggins
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