Moving on.........

During the second week of the In Country Training we went, en masse, to a very large Chinese supermarket to buy items for our new homes. With 22 volunteers arriving all at once, it was a bit of a trolley dash, getting items ranging from bedding, towels and curtains to cutlery, pans and scrubbing brushes.

Moving on from the comfort of the Amani Guest house and packing up was challenging. It was also sad that the extended family of the volunteer group was going their separate ways, even though we'll see each other from time to time. For everyone, it felt like a step into the unknown, once again.

Moving on........

On Friday, I travelled with all my luggage and household items from Kigali to Muhanga, a one hour drive up into the hills.

I now live in a spacious cosy house, known as the 'Hacienda'with three volunteers who've been here for a year already. It's a temporary arrangement until the new house in my district of Kamonyi is finished. So I'm still living out of suitcases. 

 

 

Kitchen and emerency water supply under table

However, there are definite advantages........ being shown around the locality, opening a Rwandan bank account, shopping in the market using my newly learnt Kinyarwanda language, negotiating the cost of a moto taxi ride and how to cook using local ingredients (the wide range of fruit and vegetables available make for a really healthy diet!).

Moto taxi is a part of daily life for getting around

    How to get it home now I've bought it?

 

 

Tomorrow the real reason for my being here begins - I'm starting work at the district office and preparing to work with the local teachers.