Rwanda Appeal
April 1994, one million men, women and children were slaughtered; they were mainly Tutsis but moderate Hutus also died. The international community stood by and watched. Year 9 have been studying the Genocide and they have also been looking at this beautiful country’s hopes for the future.
Rwanda Appeal - Red Nose Day 2007
Manning students have raised £309 for Apebu School in Rwanda. Well done girls!
On Red Nose Day the girls wore “Something Red for Rwanda and gave a donation. We also held a French market at break and lots of girls raised money with a sponsored silence or cake sales.
The money will go to the school in Rwanda. It will buy them dictionaries, a web cam, a television and a DVD player. This will be a real support for Rwandan children to learn about the world around them.
Thank you to everyone who gave their money and time.
Mrs Gogulescu
Rwanda Day - 30th October 2006 - Mrs Gogolescu
As the lunchtime bell sounded at Manning on Monday 30th October, the participants of Rwanda Day barely moved. Teachers, Year 9 historians, Year 10 dancers and dancers from the Rwandan group, Mashrika, had worked energetically all morning, actively learning about the 1994 Genocide.
Year 9 History students at Manning have spent a term studying the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 and we were lucky enough to arrange for Mashirika to come to work with us at Manning School. Mashirika portray the events of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide through theatre and music. Young people from Rwanda tell the story of their own country and explore how and why a million people were murdered in the Rwandan genocide in 1994 when the Government attempted to wipe out the Tutsi minority and the international community ignored the crisis. Importantly, the performance also looks to the future of Rwanda, as a beautiful country which is now peaceful.
The day was planned to include a performance for all Year 9 students and Year 10 dance students, followed by workshops which would develop the learning further. In the afternoon Year 7 students were joined by Year 6 Primary school children. The day ended with an evening performance for students, parents and governors.
All those that took part were extremely positive about the day. All students conducted themselves brilliantly. We were very proud of their achievements. The performers were equally impressed and could not believe how clued up, enthusiastic and well behaved our students are. Well done to all involved. I hope you enjoy these photographs.
Rwanda Day - Leigh, Year 9
On Monday 30th October all year nine students watched a group of Rwandans perform a dance. Then we went off into groups to do a workshop I worked with Miss Wright and performed a piece of drama in front of the rest of the year.
Our drama was about a Tutsi who had the same dream over and over again , about the genocide. He dreamt that he was at the bottom of a pile of corpses and the dead bodies were pushing and pulling him up to the top of the pile. At the top of the pile of corpses, a Hutu was waiting with a machete . We held still images to begin with and then bought them to life. The whole day was a good experience.
Leigh, Year 9
