One thing i have to say about Rwandan is how welcoming and friendly they are. When we have been going to work with the self help groups, some of the women there have shared their stories about how they lost their children and husband to different things but they have also graciously invited us into their homes and more often than not offered us a mean where you would expect them to be struggling finally to even feed their own families.
We have also made friends with some of the locals and were invited to a Holy Communion by my friend Grace from my local church. Holy Communion is a special occasions for catholics since it is when they reconfirm what their parents did at baptism that the believe in God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit as well as the catholic church. Igg Grace's son was also turning 8 and so he was having two celebrations with one big party.
Whilst working with one of the self hep groups we learnt how they make paint and also how to make soap. Whilst this sounds like it would be the most interesting thing in the world. It wasn't. It was just us standing there watching a few ladies mix together a few ingredients including palm oil, a base and an essential oils to make the soap. I will share with you guys the recipe they shared with us if any of you guys out there are feeling adventurous.
1) boil the Palm oil until it goes from yellow to white
2) leave to to cool down completely
3)add the base to some water> make sure you wear googles and gloves as this can erode you skin
4)mix the base mixture with the palm oil and add essential oil for smell and benefits
5)leave to dry and then cut into squares
6) Do not use for 2 weeks so as to rid the soap of any chemicals harmful to the body.
If any of you do try this please leave me a comment telling me how it went and good luck as well.lol.
I also met a lovely boy called Jacque who was happy to pose for a picture but also show off his self made car which he assured me was easy to make,- just take a bottle put some nails in it and use lids for wheels and
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