Trips

The basic details

Below are the main things you need to know about our trips…

Itinerary

• Afternoons are for football, delivering a training sessions for either:

  • An U15 or U17 Youth squad from a Rwanda Premier football club such as Rayon Sports or AS Kigali, or a High school or Village team in Karongi District;

  • Kids from a community project, charity or primary school, which can be a bit more chaotic/fun

• Mornings are for discovering Rwanda’s history and culture. We’ll visit genocide memorials, and spend time at community projects such as a disabled school and a home Street Rescue kids

• If possible we’ll also take in a Premier League match

• Most of the trip is spent in the capital, Kigali. We’ll also spend 3 or 4 days in the Western District Of Karongi

Costs and admin

• We ask each volunteer (youth or coach) to fundraise and donate approx £2,250, which can be donated over a period of 12 months before the trip.

• This amount includes £250 that will be 100% passed on by us directly to our projects in Rwanda. The rest of your donation covers the cost of sending a volunteer (travel, accommodation, food etc)

• We will organise your travel - flights, accommodation, meals (excluding alcohol), travel around Rwanda and entrance to genocide memorials etc. Your group will be accompanied by a charity rep who will be your trip manager and guide

• Individual travel Insurance, entry visas and vaccinations are not included and are the responsibility of each volunteer to organise for themselves before the trip

• Any gift aid that the charity claims from donations will be used to cover any running costs and to build up a small reserve fund (as recommended by OSCR) for emergencies

• Our Scottish team are all volunteers - no salary or expenses - though we do pay our Rwandan guides, coaches and translator