Updates From Rwanda
One of my best friends, Steve Nagy (mentioned on this blog before), embarked yesterday for a trip to Rwanda. Now, a LOT of people’s knee-jerk question is: “Why?” The knee-jerk answer from myself is: “I have no idea.” After spending a week on a road trip to Vancouver and Tofino he decided that Rwanda was right for him. (That decision was made about a month ago.)
To be fair, he’s wanted to volunteer at a hospital in Rwanda (and work for other NGOs in and around East Africa) for quite some time. His travels to other parts of the world (Hungary, China, Nepal, etc.) have set him up with a number of different contacts in the humanitarian sector, and he’s now taking advantage of them. Since signing on to be a part of the trip his skills as photographer and videographer have been enlisted and he’ll be producing a “promotional video” for the hospital as well.
I’ve spent the last few weeks helping him get online and ready to start feeding information (stories, photos, and videos) back to us here in Canada and around the world. The final product is pretty spiffy, and there are a number of ways to read about and see what he is up to:
- A full-length blog with photos and video.
- A shorter blog through Tumblr.
- Twitter (for the most frequent updates).
I know that I’ll be watching intently. Bon voyage, Steve!
The two of us on a train. On top of a train that is.
