Opening a Restaurant in Rwanda

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 14, 2013

Josh Ruxin tells us about healing in a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven. He and his wife opened Heaven, a gourmet restaurant overlooking Kigali that has brought the community together. His memoir A Thousand Hills to Heaven tells how, through health, jobs, and economic growth, foreign aid programs can be remodeled and work to end poverty worldwide.

Top Stories

As NYPD cracked down on quality-of-life violations, nearly half its 98K civil tickets got tossed

2026 Fall Schedule Change

Haitians Live in a Dual State in Ohio Right Now

Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee

YOU ARE ONLINE