Mugongo

The return trip down the hill wasn’t as bad – I was more prepared for what lay ahead, but was still thankful when we reached the tarmac road safely. The next stop was Mugongo, right in the foothills of the volcanoes, to visit an orphanage set up by an American socialite after the Genocide, for her farm workers children. The orphanage is responsible for about 90 children aged between 8 and 23, although some are away at school and university and as the children grow older the staff are faced with the challenges of teenage behaviour. The garden of the couple who now run the orphanage was full of beautiful flowers which they grow to sell at the local markets.