Opening of the Nursery School and Community Center in Rwanda

The SL Nursery School and The Lillian Vernon and Paolo Martino Community Center in Rwanda are now open. The school and community center officially opened on Tuesday February 9, 2010 and commenced with a great celebration and a group of visitors from the US.

Below you will find pictures of the activities that lead up to the opening, as well as pictures from the opening day celebration. 

(Local cooperative member making the chairs for the nursery school)

 ( Another local cooperative making the desks for the school)

 ( Local sewing cooperative making the uniforms for the children)

 ( Head seamstress showing off her work)

 ( Teacher interviews conducted by two experienced education consultants)

 ( Registration day)

 ( Elise the Kageno Social Programs Coordinator helps to record all the children's names for registration)

 ( Children waiting for parents to complete the registration process)

 ( First day of Class)

 ( Teacher getting ready to send the children home from their fist day of school)

( Community members gather for Community Center opening celebration)

( Visitors placed on stage in the community center as the community gets ready to begin the celebration)  

 ( Kageno Co-founder Frank Andolino thanking the community for all its hard work)

Thank you to all the visitors who came to take part in the celebration and to all the community members who made it all possible. 

Carlyla Dawson

Kageno Director of Operations

Comments

[mike jaffe]

god's work, frank, through you and all involved. god's fingerprints are all over this and they are yours, brother. of this, i have no doubt. NICE!
love,
mike