June - August 2006 Edition of The Eye Rwanda Magazine

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June - August Edition of The Eye Rwanda Magazine

Dear Reader

We have pleasure in introducing you to a new informative magazine called “The Eye Rwanda”. The Eye is your free quarterly magazine containing listings and directories, maps, news, reviews and articles of interest. It aims to highlight everything to do with Rwanda, from hospitals to hotels, from shops to sporting events and from Embassies to entertainment.

Rwanda is a tiny country, landlocked and only about the size of Wales, with three million more residents than Scotland. One can make it nearly anywhere in Rwanda from the capital, Kigali, by car in close to two hours. The roads are well-maintained and easy to follow, making drives through the beautiful countryside a distinctly Rwandan pleasure.
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Celebrating a whole Rwanda

Rwanda celebrates Patriotism Day on October 1st. On that day, in 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front officially began its fight to allow Rwandans everywhere to return to their country. By this time, waves of Tutsis and moderate Hutus had fled the country to settle as close as Uganda and as far away as France and the United States. Read More

In the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains, the Rift Valley spreads out like a carpet across the western Ugandan countryside. Brown, waist-high grass, speckled with twisted Acacia trees, simmers beneath the equatorial sun. This is Uganda’s famous Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to herds of elephants, the elegant kob and prides of tree-climbing lions. Read More

The Rwandan genocide of 1994 was a tragedy largely ignored by the western world. In just 100 days, close to one million people were killed by their neighbors, coworkers and former friends. During that time, the United Nations and independent foreign governments argued over the definition of genocide, leaving the small African country almost entirely on its own to face the violence. Read More

For many generations, Bujagali Falls has been a focus for spiritual elements of the Busoga kingdoms. With a fish eagle flying high above the thunder of the Nile as it rages and forces its way down through the rocky outcrops that makes up the seven cataracts, it is easy to understand how this place could occupy such a special place in the Busoga culture. Read More

To bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.” - Partners in Health Mission Statement Partners in Health was founded in 1983 by a small group of doctors with the humble aim of providing health care to those in need. Read More

Tropical cyclone is a generic term used to describe thunderstorm systems, formed over tropical or sub-tropical waters, with circular wind patterns and wind speeds that exceed 17 meters per second or 62.4 kilometers per hour.A tropical depression occurs when tropical cyclone conditions are reached, but with a wind speed of fewer than 17 meters per second. Read More

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