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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 11 > To Rwanda with love

To Rwanda with love

Bend’s Claire O’Connor went to Rwanda to teach. Now, a new nonprofit here is helping students there.

By Alandra Johnson / The Bulletin
August 11, 2009

When Bend resident Vivien O'Connor heard her daughter Claire was going to teach in Rwanda, she balked. Vivien supported Claire's decision to volunteer through the World Teach program with Harvard University but didn't think Rwanda was very safe. The country is most widely known for the....

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