In October 2019, when he played for Arsenal, David Luiz spent two days in Rwanda with his mother and fiancée. The Rwanda Development Board published an account of the trip on 14 October 2019, and this is a short summary of it.
The visit was part of the Visit Rwanda partnership with Arsenal Football Club. He laid a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, met President Paul Kagame at Urugwiro Village, and planted a tree at Singita Kwitonda Lodge in Musanze District as part of reforestation near Volcanoes National Park.
He then trekked in Volcanoes National Park to see the Kwitonda group of mountain gorillas. Back in Kigali he watched APR play Etincelles at Kigali Regional Stadium, joined a ball-juggling contest with young players from the Irebero Goalkeeper Training Centre, and gave the winner a signed Arsenal shirt. He also met fans at the Kigali Convention Centre.
Read the full account, with his own words, in the Rwanda Development Board release. If you want to follow the gorilla part of his trip, see how to book gorilla trekking.
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