Lora and Linford arrive in Rwanda

The second part of the travel team has arrived in Rwanda. Lora and Linford arrived in Kigali yesterday. They rode the bus from Kigali to Gisenyi - apparently the bus was pretty cramped. There is a business class bus which has larger seats and a place to put bags. Linford lost feeling in his legs because they had to put our bags in front of us. But it was a fun experience.

The team (BobH, BobDF, Lora, Linford) visited the village today. The Bobs have been doing a lot. They have been working closely with the new mason. He and his team of either 2 to 4 people have been working hard to pour the footing for four of the units. The walls for one of the units was built today. Some of the original walls had to be torn down and rebuilt. They will be meeting with the health committee tomorrow to discuss changes with the design. They have recalculated the cost for all of the latrines and found that the price will be close to $800/latrine - similar to the original estimate. The Bobs have visited the hospital nearby which also has a collapsed latrine. The Bobs have visited a lot of stores too. Shopping is really challenging because all of the stores have different goods. There are not large quantities of anything so sometimes several stores have to be utilized for purchases.