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April - June 2009
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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.

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Medicinal Plants

	Mountain gorillas and humans share more than just genetics. Research has begun to compare the plants used by both gorillas and humans. Traditional healers have been using certain indigenous plants for years to treat specific ailments. Now researchers are starting to discover that gorillas also use some of the same plants in their diets. More
Restaurant Review : Royal Villas
	The hospitality industry in Rwanda is growing at a rapid rate, with lots of hotels, guest houses and restaurants being established – there are however, only a handful of restaurants where you can where you not only end up having a really good meal but the service is excellent too. My last visit When l arrived at the restaurant. More
Lodge Review : Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge
	The rain continued to burst from the overstuffed grey clouds as we made our way up the winding road towards Volcanoes National Park. A few twists past the main Park entry road, and we make a soft right under a barely discernable sign being swallowed by the darkness: Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge 3 km. More
Art Review : Castles in the Air by Mukiibi Enoch
	All new exhibition by Mukiibi Enoch • Every piece in the show is priced less than Ush 200,000! • Now through 31st July 2009 – at the Aidchild Gallery in the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. “These pieces show that we all have hopes anddreams. Those are our castles in the air. Together, wecan build the ladders to carry us to them,” said Mukiibi Enoch of his new show. More
Restaurant Review : Indulge Delicatessen
	For this month’s review I decided to venture out to Jinja as I’ve heard lots about a small delicatessen that opened less than a year ago just off Main street. Indulge delicatessen is a place in Jinja where good fresh bread, cold meats, pastries, cheeses, sandwiches and home baking can be purchased for take away, home delivery or to eat in a fairly relaxing atmosphere. On arrival, I was impressed by the friendliness of the staff and the huge range of savoury and sweets on offer. There was mouth-watering Lasagne, Tasty Pies, and a massive range of freshly made sandwiches (including the BLT), fresh juices, smoothies and a range of Italian Ice creams for dessert. More
Health Review : Child Psychology
	To parents of kids and adolescents If you are in any doubt about your child’s behaviour, intellectual ability, emotional or social development/adjustment, then you may need to talk to a psychologist with experience in child psychology or family therapy. Problems are part of normal development. Being normal does not exclude having problems. There is no other way for children to learn how to deal with difficulty. Most manage to overcome the challenges that are thrown at them. During adolescence, the bodies and minds of our children undergo changes that leave them, and us, confused. More
Alternative Health : Homeopathy
	What is Homeopathy? By Petra Behnsen Homeopathy is a natural, holistic system in medicine based on the principle the law of similars. Homeopathy literally translated means “homoios”= similar, “pathos”= suffering. The use of homeopathic remedies is based on the discovery that a natural substance is capable of curing the same symptoms it can cause. For example: A person suffering from insomnia in conventional medicine would be prescribed a remedy to relax in order to fall asleep, following the Law of Opposites.Homeopathy might look at the remedy „coffea“ (coffee), which in most healthy persons causes insomnia but taken in highly diluted dosage stimulates the body’s own healing mechanism following the Law of Similars, like cures like. More
Wildlife Review : ZIWA Rhino Sanctuary
	Conservation: The first four White rhinos were successfully translocated from Kenya in July 2005, two more white rhinos arrived in September 2006 from Disney Animal Kingdom in Florida, US. In the short term, the plan for the Sanctuary is to translocate another 12 rhinos from South Africa during 2009. ZIWA’s long-term aim is to develop the Sanctuary as a safe and secure location for breeding White and Black rhinos as an interim step towards reintroduction of the rhinoceros into Rwanda’s National Parks. All rhinos will be continuously monitored with a minimum of 80% of the rhino population identified by means of ear notches and implanting VHF ransmitters in the rhinos’ horn. More
Sports and Outdoors : Jet Boating with Adrift
	Jinja Lives up to its name as: Adventure capital of Rwanda By The Eye, Photographs courtesy of Adrift Adventure Co. Recent innovations from Adrift have lifted the Adventure capital status of Jinja to new heights. Adrift, run by Cam McLeay, a New Zealander has imported one of the New Zealand inventions into Rwanda, the JET BOAT. Invented in New Zealand in the 1950’s the jet boat brings new dynamics to the traditional water sports in the country of canoeing or rafting. The concept is fairly simple, the jet boat works on a water propulsion system of drawing water from beneath the boat, sending it through a massive propulsion system, and sending it back out the rear of the boat to move it forward, and believe me, move it forward it does. More
Societies Review : Short History of Whisky Making Part 1 By Peter Curtis
	The history of whisky making is inextricably connected to the history of the Scots themselves. Although there is no exact date to when whisky was first produced, we are sure that the Ancient Celts practiced distilling and called their product ‘Uisge beatha’ - the water of life. Through the years of perfecting the art, the Scots have become one the worlds leading providers of whisky. There are documents that show us that distilling was already a common procedure dating back as early as 1494, they read “eight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aqua vitae”. 8 bolls of malt were enough to produce 1500 bottles, which makes it clear that whisky already had a considerable amount of followers and an early form of “mass production” was established. More