Learn about what a group of donors saw when they travelled to Rwanda to visit a primary school project that they – along with other Canadians – helped to fund.

1. 2011 Rwanda
donor visit
A group of 9 donors travelled to
visit a primary school project that
they – along with other Canadians –
helped to fund.
Left: Children made signs to welcome
their Canadian visitors (“Dear
visitors, come and share the happiness
with the pupils of Groupe Scolaire
Murambi on the 15th Sept 2011”).

2. Above: Karen, from Calgary, learns a traditional Rwandan dance from girls who
will attend the school this project has funded.

3. Above: A plaque to acknowledge the partnership and friendship between
Plan Canada and Rwanda’s Murambi community. This plaque will be hung on the
exterior of the school once construction is complete.

4. Above: A side view of one of the school project’s classroom blocks that is mid-
construction.

5. Above: Freshly made bricks for the new school in Murambi.

6. Above: Ed from Halifax lays bricks for one of the school’s classrooms.

7. Above: “You are looking at the future of Rwanda, and they will make good things
happen around the world because of this opportunity.” – the mayor of Murambi.

8. Above: Children of Murambi, Canadian donors, and Plan Canada’s President
and CEO, Rosemary McCarney (far left).

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