Home with handicrafts
on Geri Skeen (Rwanda), 16/Oct/2011 13:40, 34 days ago
I arrived back in the UK in mid-July laden with handicrafts, all of which I’m pleased to say I have managed to sell, both to friends and following talks at VSO and Women’s Institute meetings. Many thanks to all who have supported Rwandan artisans by buying their beautiful‘ubikorikori’, as handicrafts are called in Kinyarwanda.Since early October I have been back in Rwanda. Yes, I have another placement, this time working with an organisation called Azizi Life. Here is their website: www.azizilife.com. My role will be to develop Village Visits to meet the handicraft makers and their families. Maybe you would like to come and visit them and try your hand at hoeing and weaving?I’ll next be in the UK at Easter, when I will again be delighted to sell you handicrafts and talk about life in Rwanda. Let me know of any organisations that would like me to come and speak.This will be my last blog entry. I don’t have so much that’s new to talk about any more. I’m looking forward to my first run through of the Village Visit experience next week though, and to my first Rwandan wedding next month. I’ll try to start using Facebook and email to keep you all up to date on goings on out here from now on.So, murakoze (thank you) for reading my blog and murabeho (goodbye).  Oh, and finally a picture of me here in Rwanda;  'Nice hat', a student friend of mine admired yesterday.  Hard to tell if he was serious.