Welcome to the Insider's Guide to Rwanda
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Dear Reader, The Eye Magazine is a guide to helping you find your way around the country. If you are looking for a place to stay or a restaurant to eat at, or a national Read More
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The Eye Rwanda is a free quarterly magazine containing listings and directories, maps, reviews, tour and travel information plus articles of interest. It highlights everything to do with Rwanda, from hospitals to hotels,shops to sporting events and from embassies to entertainment. It is distributed for readers and advertisers through national and regional airlines and tour operators, the airport information office, foreign diplomatic missions and NGOs, selected restaurants and bars, supermarkets and gift shops, all major hotels in Kigali and sorrounding areas and ORTPN (The Office Rwandaise Tourisme et Parcs Nationaux).It's also distributed to tour operators between Uganda and Kenya.
Articles in This Issue
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A new alternative fuel project launched last month in
Musanze District promises to combat the deforestation
of national parks and help local people raise their
standard of living. Two non-profit organizations, the
Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) and Art
of Conservation (AoC), have partnered together to
introduce the new alternative fuel technology—fuel
briquettes composed of recycled materials that can
be made easily with simple wooden presses—to the
communities living near Volcanoes National Park. The
directors of both organizations say the project’s objective
is two-fold: To help wean Rwandans off More |
| Safari Review : Destination Nyungwe By Lee Middleton | |
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In the dim pre-dawn light, I carefully make my way
down the mossy trail cut out of the side of a mountain.
From this vantage, I can see the purple mountains
past which, on a clear day, Lake Kivu would be visible.
The sun is rising and the sky brightens instantaneously,
which is fortunate, because the further we descend
into the dense forest of Nyungwe National Park, the
less light filters down from a canopy as high as 50
meters. Situated in Rwanda’s southwest corner, Nyungwe is the largest montane rainforest in Africa, More |
| Vehicle Review : What do you know about Tyres, Wheel Alignment and Balancing? | |
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What is wheel alignment, camber and castor? The wheels of a vehicle have much to do - they rotate, they provide steerage, they go up and down with the suspension, they carry the vehicle’s weight, they handle the braking force, they grip on corners and they transmit the driving power. The front wheels perform most of these functions. To provide all these services with precision and efficiency they must remain parallel (toe) and vertical (camber) at all times. More |
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The River Nile bisects Uganda into 2 almost equal halves, from the southeast to the northwest. From the south it flows from Lake Victoria beside Jinja and exits in the north at Nimule on the Sudanese border. While Uganda is not as dependant upon the river as Egypt and Sudan, it is one of the major geographic features of the country. Uganda is one of nine riparian (owner of land along or near a river) countries, the others being; Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea and Kenya. More |
| Accommodation Review: Top Tower Hotel By the Eye | |
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Visiting Kigali can be a real discovery even to the
most discerning traveller when he experiences to stay
at the Top Tower hotel, the Latest Deluxe Hotel venue
in town.
With the speed of development at hand in the country,
you would not be surprised if you wake up the Kigali
you dream of. When staying at the Top Tower Hotel,
the one thing you will learn about this country is to
always be open to new surprises. Staying at the Top Tower Hotel is one of these
experiences full of surprises that you won’t regret.
Spacious and well appointed rooms with large bay |
| Health Review : Computerised Dentistry | |
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By The Eye. Top left: picture is the milling machine which makes cuts the crown from a block. Bottom left: picture is a shot of the computer hardware. Right: is the close up of the screen showing a tooth being designed and the black flat appliance on the side of the machine is the 3 D camera. In this day of modern technology almost all aspects of our life are influenced, managed or coordinated by the computer. From the cars we drive to the machines which cook food. More |
| Charity Review : Ubuntu Edmonton, Adopts a village. By Nicole Pageau | |
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Ubuntu Edmonton is an organization created in
2005 by a group of Canadians from Edmonton
Alberta for the specific purpose of helping the
widows, survivors of the 1994 genocide to develop
skills that will bring them to a self sustainable state.
Our help is concentrated on a community of 742
people in the Kigali suburban area of Kimironko
called Umudugudu Imena. The first action was to
create a Community Center and hire trainers to
teach them skills in sewing, embroidery, knitting
and craft. The result is that now there are 115
women who received the training. Most of their
quality products are sold in Canada, but they are
also available in the small boutique of Centre César. More |
