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 schools and community projects such as Batsinda Street Rescue centre

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

• 4 days are spent in the capital, Kigali. The rest are in the Western District Of Karongi, where our Academy is based

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 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 fund our projects in Rwanda, 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

Future trips….

October ‘25 - 2008/09 youth players…fully allocated

13-23 June ‘26 - 2008/09…available

27 Jun - 7 Jul ‘26 - 2008/09…available

10-20 Oct ‘26 - 2008/09…available

June ‘27 - 2009/10

October ‘27 - 2009/10

June ‘28 - 2010/11

Please get in touch if you are interested in any of these future trips carey@rwandafootball.org