Back in Rwanda

Our Chair is currently in Rwanda at the moment, and managed to catch up with our partner Kivu Writers at the VSO office in Kigali.

VSO helped to support the foundation of Kivu Writers in 2000. Nushu has managed to rekindle talks between the two organisations, to help transfer skills and support for future projects. 

Kivu Writers currently need to re-register their organisation after a period of inactivity. We will be helping them every step of the way, as they are an important and passionate group promoting a literary culture in Rwanda.

We look forward to bringing you more news on their progress soon.

Kivu Writers

After a productive Skype conference yesterday, we are please to announce that we will be working in partnership with Kivu Writers this year.

Kivu Writers are an organisation seeking to kick-start a literary culture in Rwanda:

We have been going since 2000, working with secondary schools and adults to explore a diverse range of writing styles including journalism, poetry, fiction, storytelling, scriptwriting and songwriting.

Our goal is to develop a written literary culture across the country, and to raise awareness of the potential of creative writing to engage people on issues such as HIV/AIDS, gender equity, human rights and social tolerance.

Nushu's Chair, Cathryn, appears in the above picture from 2007, second from the right on the very back row. This was during a writing workshop they held for secondary school children at Lake Kivu.

In 2009, Nushu's Treasurer, Marion, helped to train Kivu Writers' Board of Trustees. 

We are very much looking forward to working with them again, providing technical support, publishing assistance, and participating in joint project development.

Communications

We've now got our domain name set up.

You can find us at www.nushu.org or e-mail us at info@nushu.org

But we're sticking with Blogger for design. Why?

1. It's free, which keeps overheads low
2. It's easy to teach new volunteers to use, keeping things interactive

We look forward to telling you all about our projects!

Welcome

Welcome to Nushu.

We're just getting set up at the moment, but you can read about what we do and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

If you're wondering about our tagline,  it comes from the Latin:

Pro captu lectoris habent sua fata libelli

Commonly shortened to habent sua fata labelli.

It means:

Books have their destiny, according to each reader

Stories live forever, retold through countless imaginings.