Ra's Life

Ra's Life About all over but the shouting. Tomorrow is my last work day - probably half a day will be enough for me. This afternoon I gave the official power point presentation to end my work project to create http://capmer.org

My efforts well graciously received, lavishly thanked and my recommendations almost immediately implemented.

And I gave away T-shirts! I found a local 'artists' and designed the simple T-shirt layout with him and he hand printed them. It was interesting - I just had a meeting with him and am trying to help him get more business and funding for equipment - He had never had a foreigner come to his 'shop'.

I quote it because his 'shop' / office is the size of a closet. And he said they had never seen a white man walk down the alley and around the corners and approach any of them.

Didn't seem like a big deal to me. I saw a sign that said T-shirts/rubber stamps and just prowled around till I found it. It was amusing because I went several times and it was only tonight that he mentioned it. I think he was still a little stunned. He is talented and has the kind of drive that makes an entrepreneur work in a closet and have his own business. I truly admire him and people like that.

Below you'll see me and my counterpart who I have worked beside for these last 6 weeks, pestering, driving, haranguing and very much enjoying getting to know, Edouard. I will miss him.

He's a polite, very intelligent young man with a great sense of humor. Like so many Rwandans I met.