Followed by a growing group of inquisitive smiling youngsters, we all made our way from the bus to our first stop of the day. After making our way through narrow, dusty "streets" - the surrounding basic houses constructed of mud brick and tin roofs - we were warmly welcomed into the house of a woman named Julien. Here, a community of genocide widows gathered to share with us how to produce hand-made jewellery and ornaments. After much thought, we eventually split into groups to be taught how to make the item  we wanted....some picking up the skills quicker than others!! (But at least we are now sorted for what we give you all on our return to Scotland!!! (=  ) Whilst there, we were also fed a delicious African snack and attempted to speak Kinyarwanda to the local children.
Soon after, we found out that these welcoming and humble women had, just last month, buried their husbands and families after seventeen years of not knowing their whereabouts or fates. Images were shown to us on two laptops. Horrifying images. Images of Julien washing the remaining bones of her family, holding the skull of her dead husband, with only his clothes to identify him. The images also showed us the other widows and many more women washing the bones of their loved ones and others because the bodies were discarded in latrines.
We all found this hard to take in: the idea of ordinary people - sons, daughters, grannies and parents - being brutally murdered in cold blood before, even in death, being humiliated by being dumped into latrines. One of the images also showed us a room with its floor masked by mounds of skulls and bones. Having seen these shocking photographs, it is amazing how the people of this country like Julien can manage to continue to live and love having recently had everything taken away from them. Everything.
At the end of our visit, we thanked Julien and gave her gifts from Scotland before leaving -whilst still being followed by the youngsters.
In the afternoon, we took the bus in our worst gear to the vocational training centre where we helped the labourers with some of the final touches to the centre.
Another awe-inspiring and inspirational day in Rwanda, and thoroughly looking forward to a 7am  rise tomorrow morning!!! =)
            Jack Chalmers and Emma Stewart, on behalf of the group.