A Day in the Life of an Artisan
Kigali
Join a local hostess on her hillside near Muhanga (approx 1 hours drive from Kigali). Here you can spend the day working, feasting, creating and laughing together to experience a day of rural Rwandan life. It really is an amazing thing to do.
After introductions from your hostess, a morning of family chores begins. You might help out in the kitchen or collect water from the valley spring. You could cut grass for the farm animals. Or get out in the fields for a seasonal agricultural activity.
At noontime, you’ll share a simple local meal with your host family, with plenty of time to chat and learn about each other’s lives. After lunch, you will join the artisan cooperative for an afternoon of weaving. You will learn how to harvest and prepare the natural fibres. And then they will teach you how to create your own piece of sisal jewellery.
