Two students from Fermanagh will visit Concern Worldwide projects in Rwanda this month.

Conor O'Keeffe and Conor McCaughey, from St Michael's College in Enniskillen, were selected for the trip when their school raised a staggering £12,500k for the Concern 'Fast Friends' campaign last December.

The pupils will join Concern Youth Officer, Mariclare Gallagher and their teacher, Lisa Carlin for this experience of a lifetime. Over the course of the trip, the group will explore various issues and visit Concern-funded projects, working in the areas of child survival, community development, education, and strategies to combat HIV and AIDS.

The group will be hosted by local Concern staff and be briefed on the latest developments in post-conflict Rwanda, coming to terms with the traumatic consequences of the 1994 genocide that claimed the lives of close to a million people in just 100 days.

Conor McCaughey explained: "At school, we've been given talks about the work being done by Concern with some of the poorest communities in the world, and have been motivated to fundraise as much as possible.

"To actually have the chance to see how that money is being put to use will be amazing. We're grateful to have this opportunity with Concern, and to the rest of the school for raising such a huge amount of money".

To date St Michael's College has raised over £90,000 for Concern.

The two Conors leave on Tuesday 8th August and return on Wednesday 16th August.

Rwanda is ranked 159 (out of 177) on the Human Development Index; more than half of the population of 8.8million live on less than $1 a day; life expectancy is 39 years for men, and 40 years for women; 5.1% of the population are living with HIV.

Concern has 110 local staff in Rwanda, and an annual budget of ¤1.69m

While in Rwanda, the group will meet with Concern's Boni Rutiwana, who visited Northern Ireland earlier this year as part of the Positive Lives HIV and AIDS outreach programme organised by the Concern.