RWANDA Volunteer Trip   TENTATIVE ITINERARY Day 1 Arrival Kigali, Rwanda Day 2 Visit Genocide Museum/ Travel to Gatagara/Nyanza Days 3-7 Volunteer and visit local schools in Nyzana Province Day 8 Travel to Ruhengeri/ Volcanoes National Park Day 9 Gorilla Trek / Travel to Gisenyi, Lake Kivu Day 10 Volunteering and Activities in Gisenyi Day 11 Travel to Kigali / Visit Ubuohshi Girls Home Day 12 Markets / Depart for U.S.  About Volunteer Opportunity: As a Volunteer you will experience an active, hands on humanitarian trip that uses sports to educate, inform and play with children of all ages at local orphanages, primary and secondary schools. Volunteers will also meet and play sports with the kids who are participating in and benefiting from KPI’s Let’s Play! Community program. During each trip there will be a project for volunteers to work on. Additionally, you will explore and encounter the beautiful lush countryside, witness the majestic peaks of the Virunga volcanoes, visit native villages and trek to see the magnificent silver back mountain Gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park. We invite you to come experience the people of Rwanda who despite having lived through the horrific genocide of 1994, are forgiving and resilient people whose country has taken great strides to move forward and recover in the years since. Typical Volunteer Day Volunteers arrive at site by 9am to work on projects and/or visit a local school; set up sports room, build soccer goals or volleyball net/court. After lunch, volunteers gather 50-100 kids from a school/or orphanage and meet on a local field. KPI will lead a group stretch, talk about and incorporate a life skill lesson, run through drills for the sport of the day and then PLAY! Volunteers return to hotel around 5PM. KPI will always try and allot for free time during the trip for other activities that volunteers may enjoy doing on their own with the children; arts & crafts, games, reading, jump rope, etc. Documentation:  PASSPORT needed but NO Visa necessary for Rwanda Trip Includes: Accommodations Transportation to and from airport, volunteering sites, Park National des Volcans Gorilla Trek at Park National des Volcans. Most meals Trip does NOT Include: Airline ticket Travel insurance Health insurance Any personal incidentals Passport/Visa Some Meals Tips to staff, drivers, etc. at the end of the trip. Physicality of Trip and Culture Shock: 
Rwanda suffered through one of the most brutal and horrific Genocides in 1994, with that comes the reality of HIV/AIDS, illiteracy, hunger, and many orphaned children. All volunteers will be affected by the culture differently but if you keep an open mind and heart you will surely be overwhelmed with the fact that every little bit that each volunteer contributes DOES in fact help in making the changes needed in this country.   

Volunteers should expect long bus rides, hot, dry weather, participation in physical activity with the kids and light labor around the village.  Please be prepared to be active and hands on during this trip! Trip_Pictures_Rwanda.htmlFundraise_4_Trip.htmlRwanda_Volcanoes_Natl_Park.html

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