Rwanda News

Rwanda News.

• 
  Success From Newark to Rwanda

  By Caroline Walker | Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:33 AM ET

  Ali to an English-speaking Rwandan who helped arrange an initial visit. Nagle took that first trip solo, spending a few weeks in Kenya and Rwanda getting her bearings long before developing plans bringing TEAM students on site visits. When she met with the headmaster of Kabwende Primar Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Kenya, New Jersey, Teaching, Zimbabwe, Indiana University, US, Social Responsibility, Education, Africa, Giving, Fundraising
• 
  Hail to the Chiefs

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  and television composer, is the man behind the concert event. He said, "I have wanted to do this concert from the day I met a 20 year old woman in Rwanda who was orphaned at 14, is HIV positive and has to look after her two younger brothers. Without CARE's support she would be unable to kee Read More

  More like this in: Music, London, Brixton Academy, Entertainment, Music, Events
• 
  Improving a Difficult Period for Women in Africa

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Wed Oct 7, 2009 7:35 PM ET

  Researchers in the department of wood and paper science at NC State are working with banana stem fibers, a resource that's cheap and easy to find in Rwanda. To make the tough fibers usable for menstrual pads, they "put them through a series of chemical treatments and mechanical actions in order t Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Education, North Carolina, NewsWise, North Carolina State University, World, Science, Africa, Healthcare
• 
  Friend a Gorilla, Save Its Future

  By Steve Tanner | Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:03 PM ET

  on September 26. Thankfully, he will not star in a gorilla-themed sequel to the raunchy teen comedy. Photo courtesy of Kabir, via Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Facebook, Uganda, Media, Congo, FAME, World, Technology, Africa, Tech Does Good
• 
  Juanes Rocks Clinton Global Initiative

  By David Jenison | Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:44 PM ET

  to New York City where he joined Alicia Keys as a featured performer at the Clinton Global Citizen Awards Ceremony. The event honored people like Rwanda President Paul Kagame, Save Somali Women and Children Chairperson Asha Hagi Elmi Amin and Apne Aap Women Worldwide President Ruchira Gupta Read More

  More like this in: Bill Clinton, Alicia Keys, Clinton Global Initiative, New York, New York City, United States, Hair, Colombia, Cuba, Mali
• 
  CGI Live Blog: Closing Session With Hillary Clinton

  By Caroline Walker | Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:02 AM ET

  1:52 Steve Enders: encourage more countries to donate and encourage financial flows. large infrastructure projects, etc. 1:53 LanceMannion: Rwanda of all places a success story over the last 3 yrs. Increase in production and GDP. #cgi09 1:53 Steve Enders: 5th: pledge long-ter Read More

  More like this in: Matt Damon, Coldplay, Bill Clinton, Lance Armstrong, U2 , UNICEF, PATH, Al Gore, Clinton Global Initiative, Music, Climate change, Africa
• 
  In Africa, Let There be Health!

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Aug 5, 2009 9:00 PM ET

  and 1.6 million.The grant will cover four partnerships:In Mozambique: Health Alliance International and the Mozambican Ministry of Health. In Rwanda: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, a Boston-based NGO called Partners In Health and the Rwandan Ministry of Health.I Read More

  More like this in: Boston, Ghana, Columbia University, Tanzania, Zambia, Harvard University, Partners In Health, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, University of Alabama
• 
  Unik Ernest: Turning Haiti's Hurt to Hope

  By Giacinta Pace | Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:00 AM ET

  Front photo of Unik Ernest by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Bragman Nyman Cafarelli. Edeyo Pamphlets by Giacinta Pace. Terry George ["Hotel Rwanda" screenwriter] & Unik Ernest @ 3rd Of July Party In The Hamptons, courtesy Lokee Worldwid Read More

  More like this in: Wyclef Jean, Children, Charity, Poverty, Haiti, Miami, Nelson Mandela, Prince, Orphans
• 
  The Rockefeller Health Plan

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Jul 8, 2009 10:02 AM ET

  and financially viable and to bring the idea of universal health coverage into the mainstream in these places. The first target countries are Ghana, Rwanda and Vietnam, where the foundation will offer resources to assist governments in managing healthcare systems, even going so far as to hel Read More

  More like this in: Health, Africa, Poverty, Health Care, Vietnam, Ghana, Healthcare, Rockefeller Foundation
• 
  Put Your Thinking Caps On

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:24 AM ET

  in East and West Africa. So we can expect a lot of well-researched ideas to emerge in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. In August, TTI will turn its attention to Latin America and Sout Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Asia, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal