Absoultely astonishing views...

I’ve been pretty busy in the last 2 weeks, and I’ll give you a quick run-down of what I’ve been up to.
 

During the weekdays, I’ve been working with the Finance team at PIH Rwanda (Odile as CFO and Trish as the Financial Advisor). I’ve been tasked with a few projects. There is a lot of inventory coming through Rwink (huge amounts of food and medical supplies), and I’ve been looking at the inventory management side of the business and am working on a new system for the food warehouse. Everyone has been really helpful, and I’ll be deep into MS Access next week to get a database up and running.
 

PIH is also rolling out support for local health centers in several areas of Rwanda. These are local clinics that can serve populations of up to 20,000 people, and are the first point in the health system. I’ve visited some of them, and the facilities range from brand new buildings to much older facilities. Some of these have been built with foreign assistance – I have been a lot of EU and USAID signs on my visits. The second major area of my work so far has been designing the financial monitoring of the support going to these centers. Next month will see the first roll-out, and hopefully everything will go to plan!
 

Outside of the work, I’ve taken up walking in the hills around Rwinkwavu. Some of the views are absolutely astonishing (altohugh I keep forgetting to take my camera). The early sunsets (about 6pm) mean that you have to get a move on in the evenings if you want to see the path on your way home, but the weekends give you some more time. It’s also a lot of fun to hear children yelling “Muzungu” as soon as they see you (from anywhere up to 500m). Literally translated, it means “white person”.