Busy Friday

Yesterday I picked up my Alien Registration Card from Immigration here in Musanze which finalises my visa matters here. I sighed a huge sigh of relief accompanied by a big smile at this.

Andy and I met the two local leaders at the site yesterday and very positive discussions and a tour of the site. The senior leader of the two is in charge of the whole Cyuve Sector with one of the borders being our eastern border. The other is the leader of the households around the site.

It was encouraging to see once again with what enthusiasm our project is perceived by the community. We discussed the employment of members of the community, involving the community in the supply of a variety of services through the construction phase and into the operational phase. Both the leaders also promised their support throughout the project.

The afternoon I was in for quite a surprise. Greg phoned me and said that a tour group had arrived and asked him for directions to our site. He replied asking if they wanted us to show them around the site but got the surprising reply that they had been told that we were up and running and they wanted to go and book in for the next couple of days. I think Greg had the same response to this as me i.e. first shocked disbelief and then burst out laughing!

I immediately went over to go and have a chat with the tour leader and his clients and explained at what stage the project is at the moment and that we're only planning to open mid-2007. I took them out to the site anyway so they could see where it was and what the area looked like etc. We couldn't get out and walk around as it was raining - again. Over some drinks and dinner we discussed our plans for the site.