When the women sitting volleyball team lifted the country’s flag high

The National Paralympic Committee (NPC-Rwanda), the body that oversees sports for all athletes with physical disabilities had rather a disjointed calendar year in 2016 but one that would go down in history for different reasons.
Rwanda women sitting volleyball team head coach Peter Karreman talking to his players during a game in Rio. / Courtesy
Rwanda women sitting volleyball team head coach Peter Karreman talking to his players during a game in Rio. / Courtesy
Geoffrey Asiimwe