breakfast and then met up with Seth for atour of the village. We learned about the mission of the village.
Agahozo meaning a place where tears are dried
Shalom meaning peace
The village was built to fill a desperate
need after the Rwandan Genocide.
So many kids were left without parents.
The village was modeled after a village in
Israel and has four guiding principals
Family
Formal education
Informal education
Physical and emotional health
After our tour we went out of the village and traveled to the solar field, where we
saw all the solar panels that provide energy to the school and the town.
Then we went to the school and saw kidsin classes and saw the dining hall and
the kitchen.... amazing they feed over 500 kids at once.
Our travels took us to the farm where we saw the chickens, cows and goats. The
Village grows 60-70 % of its food and is predominantly vegetarian.
After the farm we were scheduled to go
to lunch, but I had to sit out that and the sports activities because I was nauseous
A little medication, a nap and some sprite and I was normal again.
We meet our family after dinner tonight. The families are 20-24 young adults that live with a momma and they
Work together, live together and provide the support of a family.
We all had a great time!
My family had a very intellectual conversation regarding gender inequality.
Other groups had a variety of topics like Q & A , religion and taboo topics.
Really a great experience, it was really a nice way to bond.
After family time we came home and hadour own family time, laughing, dancing and debriefing our day!
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we had a great day!
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