A Day in a Rwandan village
7:20 AM. I was awoken by my alarm. Breakfast was served at 7:30 which consisted of bagels, honey, toast, and eggs. We met a translator for Azizi life and she told us our plans for the day’s work. We were going to hoe and make baskets. We left early for the Rwandan village in Muhangi. We learned the language on the way of how to say Thank you, Good morning, and good afternoon. After riding on a bumpy road for a good 30 minutes, we finally arrived in at the village. Half of us split up and the other half went farther down. I was apart of group 2 with Joey, Haden, and Kara. We started off introducing ourselves to the family in their kitchen. Their kitchen was about the size of a normal size dining room table. We visited it first. It was very primitive, with only a few bowls and a small pit where they lit fires for cooking. There was no more humbling experience than sitting at the table and listening to this woman speak to us and translate for the other women. First we went out to get food supplies from the farm. We went to hoe a bit to turn up the soil. I almost broke my hoe. After this, we used this machete looking type of knife to cut the grass. Needless to say, I wouldn’t want t it in my house. read more
