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| Traditional Rwanda Dancers singers and drummers - Ntrama house building cooperative official opening in front yard of house hand compressed earth block house with lime render, right |
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| Front of house compound - tent structure erected to give shelter to 150 people Front is Damacent and his wife Olive the beneficiaries of the house, their family behind |
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| Pastor Fidele introduces everyone |
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| Founder of Charity REACH, Philbert Kalisa gives his appreciation of the great work that has happened here |
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| Ed Dale-Harris, volunteer part 2 architectural designer, cuts ribbon of house to officially open the house, Founder Philbert is holding ribbon right |
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| Ed Dale-Harris, volunteer part 2 architectural designer, cuts ribbon of house to officially open the house, Founder Philbert is holding ribbon right |
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| the ceremony warms up with a throng of Rwanda stylee singing and dancing |
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| one of the dancers grins with joy |
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| Fabien (Green), Hutu perpetrator and ex prisoner, who volunteered one day a week to build the house for Damacent, addresses the crowd and testifies that he was once in trouble and did bad things, he has repented, survey his time and now asks for forgiveness from Damacent who lost his brother in the genocide. Fabien was emoting the men who killed his brother. |
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| Olive the wife of the beneficiary centre in long white traditional robes leads a dance and song |
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| Clementine, cooperative member Tutsi Survivor, and Ed greets each other after |
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| beans, cabbage, potatoes, rice and meat (of some description probably goat or beef) |
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| a lot of food is made and met people get a good helping of carbohydrates, |
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| Anton, ex prisoner, house volunteer and coop member and his wife, greet Ed, with gifts of eggs and papaya Ed attended the wake of their late son in December 2014. |
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| The gift from Anton to Ed of fresh local eggs and papaya |
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| the scene as we depart form the ceremony |
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