St. Ignatius School, Kigali school, and is headmaster. He barely escaped the genocide that claimed seven in his family; he had just left for Jesuit studies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the time. Volunteers have included nine students from Mercer Island, Washington, who helped build a classroom at St. Ignatius in 2011. They note that Hutus and Tutsis of all backgrounds are integrated into the school. St. Ignatius School, Kigali St. Ignatius School, Rwanda, was founded by the Society of Jesus in the capital city Kigali in 2006. It is coeducational and includes kindergarten through high school. It relies heavily on
Kigali being built in the 1920s by the Belgian colonial government as a home for civil servants and Swahili traders. This latter group were mostly members of the Islamic faith, which led to Nyamirambo being known as the "Muslim Quarter". Nyamirambo's Green Mosque ("Masjid al-Fatah") is the oldest mosque in Kigali, dating back to the 1930s. Travel publisher Rough Guides has described Nyamirambo as "Kigali's coolest neighbourhood", citing its multi-cultural status and an active nightlife, which is not found in much of the rest of the city. North of Nyamirambo, and west of the CBD is Nyabugogo. Situated at the lowest