Rwanda, like the rest of the world has endured now two years of Covid pandemic and the lockdowns needed to keep infections under control.

The nations throughout Africa are still seeing Covid-19 cases in their populations and Rwanda is no exception.

As Scotland finds itself in the upswing of a third Covid-19 wave we are still in a position where travel to Rwanda is impractical.

2020 in Rwanda as elsewhere has been a difficult year. As the year rolled on and the world saw Covid-19 spread from continent to continent, Africa seemed to be escaping the worst.

Recently, funds were provided to buy sewing machines for a group of women. We had done this before and had seen how this could transform lives.

A large part of the work done by Mission Rwanda revolves around sending children to school.

As Covid-19 has swept around the planet, Africa for the most part appears so far to have escaped the worst of the pandemic.

Rwanda has been in lockdown for some weeks but has recently started to lift some of its restrictions.

We have been communicating with our friends in Rwanda and life is becoming difficult there, particularly for the poor.

The coronavirus epidemic has spread from China in the past few weeks and is now active around the globe, including Rwanda.