by GDI | Apr 22, 2026 | Comment
Featured image: Visit to local entrepreneur Charles Ashimwe’s fruit tree and vegetable plantation Between the 21st of March and the 3rd of April 2026, the University of Manchester took Development Studies master’s students on its annual field trip to Rwanda. Rwanda,...
by GDI | Apr 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Mariana C. Hernández-Montilla Here I am, once again in Kigali, looking into education and health in Rwanda. People joke that I must be an expert in Rwanda fieldwork because this is my third time coming as a Teaching Assistant. But it is curious how quickly I forget...
by GDI | May 29, 2025 | Comment
by Mariana C. Hernández-Montilla I woke to the sound of chickens outside my dormitory window at the Akagera Community Centre. Their morning concert, an unexpected alarm clock during my stay, became a surprisingly perfect example of Rwanda’s new beginning. There...
by GDI | May 15, 2024 | Comment
Written by Mariana C. Hernandez-Montilla Ubumuntu means humanity, goodness, generosity, and kindness. For me, Ubumuntu means Rwanda and Rwanda means learning from the past. Murakaza neza Kigali! I stepped off the plane in March 2024, having travelled to Kigali as...
by Global Development Institute | May 29, 2018 | Comment, News
By Dr. Pritish Behuria, Hallsworth Research Fellow On 23 May, The Rwandan Development Board announced that it had signed a ‘Visit Rwanda’ sleeve sponsorship deal – worth around 10 million pounds a year for three years – with Arsenal F.C., the world’s best...
