Photo of the Week - Sinigurisha

Sinigurisha

Taken at the 'Burera Open Days', the nation's first expo on local NGOs operating in the district for the purpose of showing local people what organizations are working on in their community.  The dancer wears a shirt which translates as "I don't sell myself".  The Sinigurisha campaign is a local campaign by the international social marketing organization Population Services International (PSI).  It aims to address the issue of suga-daddies (and, to be gender equal, suga-mamis) by giving young people a positive, proud way to resist the advances of older people hoping to exploit them for sex.

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Virginal.

 

 

Taken outside of Bungwe Health Center, a facility near the Ugandan border managed by a Canadian sister who has been there since 1974, fled with the local people in 1994, and who speaks fluent Kinyarwanda.

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Taken outside a health center after one of my supervisions.  Health centers and schools are very serious about keeping gardens.

No Time to Stop and Smell.

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Pardon the vanity, I just really like this picture.  Dancing at dusk by a pool (which explains my wet hair).

Thanks to Hez Holland for the photo.

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Quittin Time.

Photo of the Week

I'm in the mood for starting weekly blog features that may or may not actually get done on a weekly basis.  In any case, here's a picture from our old house in Burera (the field).  Last week, we moved to a brand new, shiny, fancy house which is definitely nicer, but does not have the view of the old one.  Enjoy!

A Hint of Red

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PS - Thanks to Alex for buying me my fantastic Canon camera as a congrats gift for getting this job.  I can take such fancy pictures now!