My biggest concern about going to Rwanda was due to climate. I’m a man with climate anguish, who feels uncomfortable with going by car. Flying Arlanda-Kigali back and forth is at a completely different level and might very well be one of the most climate affecting things I’ll ever do. It’s pretty ironic; we went [...]

One could question if it is a good idea to let tourists visit the gorillas. Every year there are 17000 tourists visiting eight groups of gorillas. The gorillas are very well aware of the tourist being there, so it’s possible that it is a bit stressful for some of them. But one has to remember that [...]

SOS has a program for strenghtening the families. SOS lends money so people can start a business so that they can provide better for their family. We met four of the families, that get help from SOS, and the help really shows. The women we talked to were full of hope, optimism and good plans [...]

Carebears made their way to Gikongoro SOS Children’s village, but that would not be their final home. They had to wait until the next day to see their new home. While waiting for that, they participated to the party that the kids in the village had thrown together for us. And they got to see [...]

Today was the big “meet-the-children”-day. When we arrived to Gikongoro (“Cybercom’s” SOS Children’s village”) we first met with the representatives of the village, the village director, the coordinator of the family strengthening program, and some of the mothers of the twelve houses. And there was this little guy that I didn’t see, even though he [...]