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Rwanda

After your tour, you have an opportunity to purchase Handspun Hope yarn, hand knit products and felted animals.  I am  sure you will find the perfect keepsake created by local women in Musanze."
It may be tight working conditions but well worth the efforts by this organization to give hope and guidance for a better future for all of them.
The widows were very welcoming and I was amazed at their life stories. Through the empowerment of job stability this organization offers, it has changed these women's lives forever. Learning about the process of their products from start to finish was fascinating.
Even outside they work under the hot sun to learn  new trades and make new friendships.
Here we are shown how the colors of wool come from many varieties of plants.
Dian Fossey along with all her gorilla interests found the time to help initiate this center for women victims of the Genocide.
Ladies are learning how to sew. A good portion of what is produced here is sold at a center outside of Dallas Texas.
Front entrance to the center
Children waiting to meet the visitors from the US. What a treat for us too.
Every day there is a new surprise in seeing what can be transported on a bicycle.
A young mother and her baby sitting near a street.   She has a yellow vest on and that signifies what she is selling.
The last morning of the trip we were fortunate to visit a school only a few minutes from the hotel.  The school is Rushubi Primary School Juru, The School is a Government Sponsored School.  In the photo is Sam our Guide and the Principal of the school. Behind them is the entire library for the school.
The school looked like it was from first grade up through High School.
The kids were very curious to know where the visitors were from. When they found out the USA they were excited.
The classrooms were very neat and orderly. The teachers wore a white smock over their clothing.
The boys in the yellow were also excited to sing along too. Notice the kids outside looking in from other classes.
These young girls broke out into a fantastic dance routine with a drummer on a small drum in the rear. I took videos on my cell phone.
This was a question and answer period for us. Sam our guide was translating for us.  Great questions about the US and our trip.
I counted over 50 students in the class. In the entire school of over 2,000 students there is not one light bulb in the entire school.
In this photo you can see the two teachers in the white smocks at the rear of the room .  Look at the black board packed with work for the students.  Sam is translating the questions from the students to us.

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