In the beggining there was the word, and the word was Planning!!

While this entry won't have the same exotic flavour of our future entries, we still thought it would be worth while letting you know the planning processes behind the project.

One of our first moves, in the way of fundraising, has been to write a letter to various arts suppliers within Brighton, trying to strike a cord with them in the hope of recieving sponsorship. Its only when you sit down in front of the computer and try to ask for funding that you realise how difficult it can be. Finding the appropriate words has been a challenge and we are waiting for the companies replies to see if we found them or not!

Our second, and by far the most important, attempt to fundraise has been to set up a Justgiving page. The overwhelming support and generosity of our friends and family has blown us away and we will probably never be able to express just how grateful we both are!!

We are in the process of making a rough plan for our first weeks activities and have been quizzing Viv ( one of rYicos founders) about how to interest a large group of rowdy Rwandan teenage boys in art and crafts!!!

The challange of the next three months is really starting to set in and the prospect of living in a foriegn country and culture for 3 months is daunting yet exciting. It would be easy to be niave at the prospect of this adventure, but we are fully aware of the intense and difficult situations we are likely to face.

So thats it for now- its begun!! Thanks again to everyone who is supporting us, and who knows what may have happened by the next installment!

lots of love Jaz and Nell xxx