Real World Impact

05/27/2014

Great news! The farm is getting closer to being up and running and we recently received a commitment from the local water officials that it will be possible to run water to the farm after all!

05/01/2014

Doors and windows coming along - it's getting close!

04/30/2014

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04/30/2014

04/15/2014

More photos from recent progress and of the local utilities official taking final measurements to start preparing to run electricity.

04/04/2014

No project is complete without some setbacks. When first undertaking this project we knew that we would have to lay infrastructure piping from nearly 1.5 km away in order to have running water at the farm. For us, this was actually a great opportunity bring easily accessible water to a community that had never had that previously. We've now learned, however, that the current electrical grid in the area is not capable of supporting running water up this high on the mountain...

So, instead we will be using several large water tanks and a large rain water collection system to support the farm. Although it is a different approach and not as beneficial to the larger community it is still an exciting opportunity to run the farm in a more sustainable way!

04/04/2014

It's starting to look like a building.

03/26/2014

The walls are starting to go up.

03/24/2014

Help us reach our goal of 500 likes! If you like the work that we're doing please share this page with all of your friend!

03/24/2014

Back to work on the farm this fine Monday!

03/23/2014

We've hit 300 likes for Real World Impact! Welcome to everyone who has recently liked our page! We are so excited for people to learn about the awesome work happening in Rwanda!

03/21/2014

Just received an update from Jean d'Amour of the Nehemiah Association. We partnered with him and his family last year to help launch a stationary, printing, and copying store near the National University in Butare, Rwanda. Things are going very well!