PRECIOUS WATER

We have mostly stayed in the city of Kigali. In every classroom there were lots of these yellow jugs. We knew they were for water, but we weren't sure why they were there. Well, come to find out the children bring these jugs to school every day to fill them up for water to take to their homes. Most people still do not have running water in their homes. So every day the children have to get water from the school and take it home.

On our way to our Safari, we were in the country. We saw people carrying several yellow jugs.  They were going to the river to fill their jugs to have water at their homes. Can you imagine having this in your daily schedule? Think of all the water we use every day and in order to have that water you had to walk
2-3 miles each way and then the full jugs home. Of course they are very conservative in how they use the water.

As we drove and we looked down by the river, we saw lots of clothes lying on the ground. The driver said to me "It is Saturday, the people go to the river to wash their clothes so they can go to church on Sunday."  Since they have no other way to wash and dry their clothes they go to the river and wash and then lay them on the ground to dry. Of course, they have to stay and wait for the clothes to dry before going home.