Class and sports!

We have class every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I love what we are talking about and it is really interesting to learn about all the different aspects of the genocide. This week, we focused on UN prevention/intervention of genocide. I think we all really wish that the UN could do something, but with the amount of power it has right now, it can't really do much to stop genocide. One of our assignments was to come up with a plan that would give the UN power to intervene. We basically ended up deciding on an amendment to the UN charter that created a UN Independent Commission on Genocide (UNICOG). In our ideal world, this commission would have three goals: one to work on preventing genocide (through dialogue, economic sanctions, and other means of international pressure), one to stop genocide if it is already occurring, and one to sustain peace in post-genocide situations. We decided to create a standing army controlled by the UN, that would be funded by payments from each member state. Each country would have to pay 1% of their military budget for this standing army. We gave UNICOG the power to intervene in a country where genocide is occurring without getting the approval of the Security Council. But after 30 days of UNICOG intervention, the Security council would vote on whether to pull out the troops or not. The Security council could also vote before the thirty days end, if 3/4 of the representatives want to do so.
So what do you think?! Should we send this proposal to the UN?! Maybe we could become famous for solving the world's problems, haha. Before this activity, I wasn't really sure how I felt about military intervention during genocide. True, it could stop a genocide, but couldn't it also lead to more deaths? But now I really think it is one of the only options. The international community can't just sit at watch genocide happen, like we did during the Rwandan genocide. I really wish there was an easy solution to this! But I have begun to realize how incredibly complicated it is.
After class each day, we found a lot of cool things to do. One day, we went to play basketball at a primary school/orphanage. There were at least 100 kids there, and it was so much fun! We played games, we talked to them, and we just hung out with them. There was one kid playing basketball with us that could barely walk. It was so sad, but I admired him so much. God, he must be brave.
On Wednesday, we didn't have too much to do, so we went to hang out with the people that were near our guesthouse. We have become friends with all of them because they are usually at the church next door almost every day, taking English classes. We went to visit one of their English classes, and it was really cool! We met two girls that were from North Dakota, and we have hung out with them a little bit since then. We feel sorry for them, because their professor basically doesn't let them go out anywhere.
On Wednesday night, we went to watch the European soccer championship on a big screen in the Kigali volleyball stadium. It was sooooooooooooooo much fun. It was Manchester United vs. Barcelona. Most of us from our group were cheering for Barcelona (and they won, yay!). The stadium was full, and we were pretty much the only foreigners there (and basically the only girls. but we were with guys from our group, so don't worry!). It was kind of funny when it started raining. Even though there was a roof, the rain made the satellite go out, so we missed some of the game! We ended up missing Barcelona's second goal because of the satellite! But there were people there that had radios, so we all got to cheer when they scored anyway. The rain also made these gigantic moths come into the stadium, and they were basically doing nose-dives into my lap, grossssssss. But it was so awesome and we had so much fun!