Welcome to new Tutors from Zimbabwe!
Today we welcomed 11 new colleagues from Zimbabwe to TTC Kabarore. It’s great to have them here!
Mr. Melvin
Here is my landlord’s son, Manzi (a.k.a. Melvin). Manzi is 7, is curious about everything and visits daily. His favorite question is, “What’s this?” He investigates all the food that I have. Tonight he poured himself a big bowl of cornflakes. He is fascinated by my shaving cream and has tried it out. Manzi’s English is excellent and understands just about everything I say.
Sunset
Kabarore has a nice hotel at the top of the hill leading into the town. Great view of the sunset from there!
Playing “Snowman”
The game of ‘Hangman’ has given way to ‘Snowman,’ where instead of drawing and then hanging a stick figure, you now build up a snowman. As it never snows in Rwanda, a snowman is quite a strange concept to the students, but they sure enjoyed playing this game. Once I demonstrated how the game was played, I ceded control of the chalkboard to the students. Here is a Year 1 (10th grade) student leading her classmates in a game.
Teaching
Here’s me hard at work teaching
There she sits, buddy, just a-gleaming in the sun…
My new bike. It has made my knees very happy. 
It’s a narrow world, as the Thais say
A former student at the teacher training college, Joshua, came up to me and began a conversation while I was sitting outside the staff room. One of the things that he mentioned about himself is that he had a friend, Mary, in the US. It turns out that “Mary” is Mary Beth, the former Peace Corps Response volunteer who served at TTC Kabarore. We are friends on WhatsApp, so I snapped this picture to send to her. She was grateful to connect with a former student.
Another student came up to me and told me that Jessica from Colorado taught him about basketball. It turns out she was a Peace Corps volunteer at a high school a few years ago. 
Students in a Rwandan Classroom
Here are Year 1 (10th grade) students working on an activity in class this morning. This was a small class, with just 34 students. Most classes have over 50 students. We use chalk and a chalkboard in each class.
Welcome to Kabarore Teacher Training College
My colleagues welcomed me and said “au revoir” to Ines, the OIF volunteer from France, at a ceremony this week. The TTC planted an avacado tree to honor Ines.
Thank you Peace Corps Rwanda trainers and staff!
L to R: Theophila, Gloriosa, Esperance 1, Diane, Kim, John, Denyse, Moise, Safety & Security Esperance, Alphonsine, Patti, Rukundu, Dr. Dawn, me, Olive and Bosco.