Rwanda
Rwanda is a country rich in beauty and diversity but it has had a very troubled and ravaged past. On the shores of Lake Kivu in the south west of Rwanda is an isolated and impoverished province of Cyangugu. Here Neville Chaplin, a previous Head of King’s House, has been supporting his brother David in his work for Rwanda Aid, a charity raising money to help develop, extend and maintain practical, self-help and sustainable projects to benefit poor communities in this province. Inspired by an article in the Daily Telegraph, an ex-King’s House family provided the funds for the building of a school at Cyato and because of this connection King’s House School, Cyato was born.Every year a team of King’s House School teachers spend time in Cyato, assisting with the training of the teachers and meeting the children and money is raised by pupils of our school to provide resources and building for their sister school. This year, through inspirational fund raising efforts here in Richmond, we raised sufficient funds to connect the school up to the main electricity grid as well as providing essential supplies such as uniforms, shoes, pencils and paper
To visit the Rwanda Aid website go to www.rwanda-aid.org