St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Kigali

On Friday night I attended an Irish Ball at the Serena Hotel in Kigali, benefiting child head of households from a village near the city. This was a great chance to dress up for once!

These are some of my neighbors from my apartment complex. We all rode in a car to the party together after taking prom-like photos in the yard! :)

The ballroom was very festive with Irish colors and balloons.

The food buffet was yummy, including cream of tomato soup and multiple chicken/meat/fish dishes.

I met the Director and Vice President of the Nsanga Association of Child-Headed Households (the charitable recipients). They were really nice guys and it was fun to connect them with other colleagues at the party so they could work the crowd for fundraising.

Noni, Jenny, and I sat together.

We joked about how nice it was to have a reason to wear heels in Kigali!

I found this hat near the stage.

There was a lot of fun dancing!

An Irish band played mostly old school rock and roll.