Jacob Seigel-Boettner, a UC Berkeley student, has volunteered for Project Rwanda both in Rwanda and the U.S. for the past four years!
In 2006, Jacob stumbled across an article about Project Rwanda in VeloNews. With his background of civic engagement and passion for bicycling, the grassroots organization immediately captured his attention. Jacob organized a Ride 4 Rwanda event with his alma mater, Santa Barbara Middle School, to raise money for Project Rwanda. Since then the event has become an annual tradition, the 4th Goleta Beach Ride 4 Rwanda event was held last March and in the past 4 years the ride has collected over $11,000 for Project Rwanda.
In 2007 Jacob led a team of teachers and students from SBMS to train bike mechanics in Rwanda. They took 200lbs of gear and tools to supply the coffee co-ops using the Coffee Bike. "I have seen first hand the impact that a properly designed bicycle can have on those who need them the most."
Dr. Sam Joseph visited the Project Rwanda operations this past February. He was in Kigali, the capital city to work with doctors from Northwest Medical in Seattle, Washington, performing much needed heart surgeries on Rwandans whose lives would be shortened without these surgeries. 
Everyone stares as Kim Coats strides through the Kigali café. Any muzungu (the Kinyarwanda word for white person) creates a spectacle, even in Rwanda’s capital city, but this statuesque blond from Las Vegas makes an especially significant splash. But rather than writhe in insecurity, 43-year-old Kim looks perfectly at home.
