“The teeth are smiling but is the heart?” — Congo proverb Since coming home from my first trip to Africa in September 2008, I have plotted to go back. My first trip was to Rwanda, site of the 1994 genocide where a million or so people were killed in a three-month period. My second trip, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gorillas’
Country 7: Democratic Republic of Congo
Posted in Africa, tagged Africa, congo, Congo Restoration, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, genocide, gorillas, orphans, rwanda, women to women international on December 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Country 1: Rwanda
Posted in Africa, tagged Africa, food secure, genocide, gorillas, Left to Tell, orphans, rwanda, rwanda AID, women to women international, zoe ministry on November 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“I think Rwanda is going to be paradise.” — Richard, the kind driver who took our group to see the country’s mountain gorillas and told us about his family’s losses during genocide. As part of my mission — feeding my family, feeding Africa, feeding my soul — I will dedicate one weekly post to each [...]



