CMU Project Rwanda

Hello, My name is Mohammed Al-haddad, student from CMU Qatar.  I study information systems, currently I am a senior student (I am kind of feeling old :P) I have been to Thailand and Vietnam in service trips before. So Rwanda is my first trip to Africa, which made my parents really worried.

So I chose to participate in Rwanda trip, for so many reasons. I would really like to help people first. I would really love to have an impact on the community. I want to learn new things, discover and so much more. I saw Rwanda trip as an exciting opportunity to do so. So I said why I should not do it!

Major: Information Systems with a minor in Architecture

Class of 2013

Activities: Photography

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Why CMU Project Rwanda?

Major: Information Systems

Class of 2013

Activities: Badminton, Traveling

Major: Information Systems with a minor in Architecture

Class of 2013

Activities: Photography

Major: Information Systems

Class of 2013

Activities: Table-tennis, Cricket, Volleyball, Community Service, Sand-duning

Why CMU Project Rwanda?

Last year, the experience was totally amazing. It was great to see the developments in Rwanda and the people were very warm and welcoming. I really enjoyed working with the Pittsburgh group there and it was a great eye-opener for me to community service. In particular, the smiles on the kids’ faces while we were there was the most satisfying experience. I believe this project must continue and we must help out the great people at One Laptop Per Child, who have come this far and have done a great job in bringing education to the nation. Last but not least, I really think of it as a great way to share the knowledge that we are privileged to have gained. Not everyone is fortunate enough to learn in good schools and having had that opportunity, I think I must share the knowledge that I have gained. As Nicholas Negroponte has said, this is not a laptop project, it is an education project.