HIA i Rwanda. Studierejse til Rwanda 2016

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1 HIA i Rwanda Studierejse til Rwanda 2016

2 Humanity In Action Denmark Reconciliation after Genocide: Rwanda Study Tour 2016 Two decades ago, Rwanda endured a genocide claiming the lives of 800,000 people followed by local conflict and more violence. Today Rwanda is internationally recognized for its extraordinary reconciliation process. But how does a society regain stability & restart development on the back of neighbors killing each other? This study tour looks into the history of the genocide, the reconciliation and the present course of Rwandan development. Accommodation will be clean and humble about three stars. Tour leader: Anders Jerichow, Senior Correspondent and Chairman of Humanity In Action, Denmark. The price from Copenhagen includes return flight Copenhagen-Kigali, local transportation, hotel in shared double rooms, breakfast, lunch with soft drinks, all tickets and meetings 10 days, 16,500 kroner (2600 US dollars) The study tour program includes visits to sites of the genocide, a seminar at the national genocide memorial in Kigali, meetings with Rwandan writers, international diplomats, civil society activists, an excursion to the border of DR Congo with a meeting on the unresolved refugee question, a visit to a batwa pygmies minority community and a continuous debate on the fate of Rwanda and its reconciliation and more. A special session, headed by the Polish writer Konstanty Gebert, will reflect on the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide. Language of the study tour: English HIA arranges flight transportation from Copenhagen. Participants from other HIA centers and countries arrange their own flights to Kigali. All participants must have arrived in Kigali by the evening of Thursday 28 th January The first meeting will be on Friday 29 th January at and the program ends at noon Sunday 7 th February. Local transportation will be in small buses. The price for participants arriving individually from other countries includes local transportation, hotel in shared double rooms, breakfast and lunch with soft drinks, all tickets, and meetings 10 days Euro or 1600 US dollars. These participants arrange their own flights to Kigali. Individual double room extra charge -300 US dollars Evening meals not included but not expensive. Vaccinations will be your individual decision. Please check with your doctor. Registration deadline October 15st 2015: denmark@humanityinaction.org All questions: denmark@humanityinaction.org The study tour will have a maximum of 25 participants and minimum 14. Anders Jerichow & Magnus Harrison

3 Program 1. draft Thursday 28 th January 2016 Late arrival Kigali and transfer to Gorillas Hotel Sunday 31th January 2016 Morning session: Focused on International responsibility at Gorillas Hotel Visit to the American Embassy Afternoon sessions: Visit UN Development Programme Visit Action Aid, meeting Josephine Irene Uwamariya ( Friday 29 th January 2016 Morning session: Opening of study tour at Gorillas Hotel Bus visit to Murambi Genocide Centre in southern Rwanda: Afternoon: Ntarama Church church.html Evening Speaker: Rwanda two decades after the genocide Saturday 30 th January 2016 Full day seminar: Kigali Genocide Memorial Center The Genocide: Looking Back and Looking Forward Headed by Serge Rwigamba, survivor Monday 1th February 2016 Morning session: Genocide survivor, Patrick Iregura comes to speak at Gorillas Hotel Visit to Kigali Public Library, initiated by HIA senior Fellow Zachary Kaufman id= Afternoon departure from Hotel: Bus northwest to Gisenje Arrival Gisenje, Hotel Paradis Malahide malahide-paradis-hotel/ Tuesday 2th February 2016 Early morning visit to the local fishing community Morning Session the Refugee Question Depending on security situation then visit to Goma, DRC UN Seminar: The unresolved refugee dilemma

4 Late afternoon: Check-in Hotel Gorillas, Kigali Friday 5th February 2016 Morning session: At Hotel Gorillas Visit to Mayange villages and m eeting with Josh Ruxin Lunch: Restaurant Heaven, Kigali com/change/heaven-rwanda-a-restaurant-with-a-socialmission/ Wednesday 3th February 2016 Morning session: Ethnic identity before and after the genocide at Hotel Paradis Malahide Seminar: Konstanty Gebert: Reflections on genocides - Rwanda and Poland Afternoon free Thursday 4th February 2016 Morning session: Meeting local NGO at Hotel Paradis Malahide Departure from Hotel Paradis Malahide Visit Batwa (Pygmee minority) relocation village hosted by Dan Church Aid Seminar: Inema Arts Center - An avant-garde civil society project Saturday 6th February 2016 Visit to IRIBA genocide documentation center and meeting with Assumpta Muginareza Sunday 7th February 2016 Morning session: Wrap-up of the Study Tour Visit to Caplaki Arts and Crafts Market, Kigali Lunch: Garden of Hotel Gorillas Afternoon: Free Transfer to Kigali Airport and departure

5 Additional Wildlife option: Two decades after the genocide, wildlife and tourism are central to Rwanda s future sources of income. During the genocide and the war, lots of wildlife was extinguished, just as fields and villages were destroyed. As Rwanda fights to develop its nature reserves and to attract international tourists, Humanity In Action offers you a chance to visit an extraordinary nature reserve The Akaghera. The wildlife option will take place as a direct extension of the study tour. Sunday 7th February 2016 Afternoon: Bus to Akaghera Nature Reserve Camp hotel: Luxury tents on the shore of Lake Ihema opposite border of Tanzania Ruzizi+Tented+Lodge.html Monday 8th February 2016 Morning: Sunrise breakfast on the lakeside veranda Day: Full day excursion to Akaghera Savannah along Kagera River The possibility of seeing monkeys, zebras, elephants, giraffes, gazelles, eagles and many more animals. Plus there is always the chance of seeing Lions although unlikely. Tuesday, 9. February 2016 Morning: Boat trip on the Lake Ihema with the chance of seeing hippos, crocodiles, eagles and kingfishers plus much more. Lunch: At lakeside veranda Afternoon: Departure bus transfer to Kigali with drop-off to the Airport. This additional option of an African wildlife experience is not part of the study tour but we will not bring you to Rwanda without offering a visit to the most extraordinary Nature Reserve. You will stay in luxury tents on the shore of Lake Ihema. This program includes a full day visit to the savanna, a boat trip on the lake, all meals in exotic nature as well as all transportation. Price which includes transport, two nights luxury tent accommodation, all meals (excluding drinks) and entry to the nature reserve is 3000 kroner or 400 Euros. As it requires another return flight please specify on registration, if you want to extend the study tour with the wildlife experience. Lunch: On the savannah with a lecture on genocide & war affection on nature and wildlife.