The Eye Rwanda                                                                                                                                                                                        

The Eye is a free bi-monthly 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 Rwanda, the Rwanda Golf Club and government offices including the Rwanda Wildlife Authority.

Articles in This Issue

Nyungwe National Park / Parc National de Nyungwe

	One of the central planks in ORTPN’s tourism-diversification programme is Nyungwe National Park, 980 Square kilometers of hilly jungle cloaked terrain in the country’s south-west, on the border with Burundi and the DRC, and surely one of the undiscovered gems of African environmental tourism.                                     More
Lodge Review: Akagera Game Lodge
	Akagera Game Lodge lies in the North East of Rwanda within the 90,000 ha of the Akagera National Park in the Eastern Province. Akagera Game Lodge sits majestically on a ridge overlooking Lake Ihema amidst a mosaic of grass, bush and varied terrain of hills, deep valleys, lakes and marshes.                                            More
Restaurant Review: Republika Lounge Restaurant
	We were looking for a restaurant to dine at where we could simply relax and unwind and we were looking for a change of scenery as well, as we had been pretty much holed up in the hotel we were staying at. After making some enquiries we went with the most popular suggestion and that was the Republika Lounge, which is situated in Kiyovu off avenue Grand des Lacs.                                                              More
Cultural Review: Kigali Center for Cultural Exchanges
	If, when in Kigali, you want to stage or attend a play, a Jazz concert, a Film Festival, read the latest French Booker Prize, learn French or Kinyarwanda or watch the final match of the ACN on a giant screen, there is no better place than The Centre for Franco-Rwandan Cultural Exchanges (Centre d’Echanges Culturels Franco-Rwandais - CECFR).                                                                                                   More
Charity: Rwanda Society for Disabled Children
	USDC, a local Non Government Organisation (NGO) founded in 1985, is committed to recognising and equalising the rights for children with disabilities. USDC exists to help children with disabilities and their families to access resources and opportunities to enable them achieve their full potential.                                            More
Education: Vicki Hannah Lein
	‘I am going to have fun every day – if I am not having fun I will change something.’ One of the challenges of working with children and young people is how to motivate them, build their awareness and appreciation of their special talents and skills.                                                                                                                                            More
Book Review: Rwanda's Great Rift Valley
	Which fact would you rather know: That Ernest Hemingway did not die in either of the two plane crashes he suffered in Rwanda but actually shot himself? That Lake George may drain like a bath if the soft strata rock which the Semliki River flows down is eroded down by two meters?                                                                                 More
Sport: Rwandan U13 "Balenzi" Tour Update
	After all the hard work, the boys’ dream was slowly coming to fruition. They were at Kigali Airport. Still not knowing exactly what to expect, they were a bit reticent and withdrawn, although that may also have been because they hadn’t had breakfast yet!                                                                                                                             More