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Guided Bike Tour of Rwanda |
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Saturday, 17 May 2008 |
August 22 - September 1
This exclusive tour opportunity will precede the Wooden Bike Classic in Ruhuengeri.
Make the most of your trip – see Rwanda by bike. Take in the beautiful rolling countryside, breathtaking views and bountiful wildlife. Your tour guide will be American cycling legend and Team Rwanda coach, Jock Boyer. Bike rentals are available but quantities and sizes are limited so register for the tour now to reserve yours early. The Gorilla tracking is also very limited and permits must be purchased in advance.
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Fund Raising Event: ATHENS ALLEYCAT RACE |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
Event:
ATHENS ALLEYCAT RACE
A race through the city-streets on a sunday afternoon with various checkpoints. A gathering of urban cyclists to exchange thoughts, ideas and experiences. To strengthen the ties between urban cyclists of Athens.
Date:
June 1st 2008
Registration Fee:
Every cyclist in order to participate is obliged to register. The cost of the registration on this particular alleycat will be 5 euros. All of the funds raised will be donated to the organization Project Rwanda, in support of their effort to empower african people, and the people of rwanda in particular to a better life. We hope our funds will be used to provide bikes for teachers, doctors or whoever Project Rwanda thinks is most in need.
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Meet our new partner: Equal World Coffee |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
 Mission: To provide the best coffee in the world to our customers so that together, through an innovative approach to fundraising, we will work to eliminate poverty one cup at a time. Learn More...  To sustain continued improvement on the lives of impoverished coffee farmers in Africa, Equal World Coffee “buys high” (above “fair trade” prices). Then, by working closely with an exceptional roaster, Equal World Coffee contributes to the education, training, equipping, promotion and empowerment of the coffee cooperatives they purchase from. And now Equal World Coffee is selling Wooden Bike Coffee online.
The Coffee: A Perfectly balanced Rwandan Specialty coffee that has a sweet note of intensity combined with flavor that is subtle and sophisticated. The bittersweet balance finishes with
an unparalleled coffee flavor. For every bag purchased, $3 will be donated to Project Rwanda. Medium/dark roast and decaffeinated available.
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Team Rwanda at Cape Epic - 2008 |
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
 Around 30 Years ago, Tom Ritchey, Joe Breeze and Gary Fisher turned the bicycle into an off road vehicle. The mountain bike changed the use of a bicycle dramatically. The range of where we could go riding became so much bigger. But this does not satisfy Tom well enough. Instead of sitting back and enjoying his accomplishments as a bike pioneer, his vision of cycling continues to expand. He was taken by Africa, specifically Rwanda, where the bike developments of the past 30 years have had no effect at all on their bikes. In a hilly land, where you find very few roads with asphalt and the bicycle is the most important transport tool of all, the mountain bike would be the ideal thing. Not as equipment for fun, but as an economic tool that helps the development of the economy, such as transporting coffee cherries to the washing stations.Instead, most bikes in Rwanda are made out of wood! That’s right, wooden wheels and frames that remind me of the bike in the “Flintstone” movie. Only one out of 40 Rwandan’s can afford a 40+ year old, broken down, jury rigged, single speed steel bike. To own one of these bikes is a luxury, a status symbol like that of driving a Mercedes in the modern world. |
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As We Forgive Those - a documentary by Laura Waters Hinson |
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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As We Forgive Those reveals perhaps the greatest untold story coming out of Africa today. Rather than another account of African despair, this documentary tells of Rwanda’s rebirth through the reconciliation of victims and killers. It’s a film about what Africa can teach us. As such, the film’s mission is to expose people across America and beyond to the potential that reconciliation has to transform families, neighborhoods, cities, and even nations.
We are launching a national outreach campaign to screen As We Forgive Those in communities across the US. Our hope is to inspire a wider discussion on the need for reconciliation in our personal lives, our institutions and even in our governments.
Learn More...www.asweforgivethose.com |
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Tourists in the Mist: Finding Rwanda's Famous Apes |
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
"I was overcome with this incredibly feeling of gratefulness. There are believed to be less than 800 mountain gorillas left in the world and here were 17, less than 10 feet away from me. Who gets to see that in their lifetime? Who gets to be a part of telling their story to the world?
After our hour with them, Cynthia asked me, "Well, was it worth it?" And though it cost me some sweat, a few years off of my life and my favorite sneakers, it definitely was. Being in the presence of the gorillas reminded me that we are all just a small part of a greater world and that all beings, not just people, are connected."
- ABCNews' Digital Reporter Dana Hughes
Most people would not put the words "Rwanda" and "tourism" together, but the government is determined to do so. In this country with so little, great care and attention has been put into creating an eco-tourism program that protects the gorillas and helps the people in the communities that surround them. All the while giving folks like us a chance to visit them, for a price.
Our mission was to see how the mountain gorillas, one of the most endangered animals on the planet, are doing under the management of one of the poorest countries on earth. According to the World Wildlife Fund, these gorillas are on the brink of extinction.
Our guide, translator and driver for the trip was a man named Themis, a local journalist and a survivor of the genocide.
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