Visit to Congolese Refugee Camp

If you have ever wanted to be famous for the day … go to a the Gihembe Refugee Camp. Every kid will follow you around, hold your hand and call you "Mzungu" (white person). They just want to touch you, wave at you or get you to smile at them.

About 10 of our students come from Gihembe, a Congolese Refugee Camp with 14,500 people about 1 hour outside Kigali.  (Half are 14 years and under.) They managed to educate themselves in tiny schools made out of mud with no electricity … and were able to pass the National Exam (like nailing your SAT, but it's required for university entrance - super hard). One of our students, Dugan scored 2nd in the country of Rwanda for physics/math. Yet he had no way of going to University because he isn't Rwandan and therefore cannot get a loan or scholarship. These Numbers Has Faces is paying for him … and the line of students is about 100 who are so eager to go to University. Education is hope. Check out a few quick videos and pics of the camp below.