Cyvugiza Food Security and the new Paravet Association Bull!

This morning we visited Cyvugiza, another Food Security Site.  It is one we've been visiting for a few years now, an area that was extremely poor, terrible soil as well as being very decimated during the genocide.  Pastor Vincent is a well educated man and a very forward thinker.  He has motivated the people in the area; lots of agriculture, although with an early dry season, the harvest was poor.  As well, a lot of area we saw last year that was cleared by the women, has all been planted with grasses for the cows, so a lot of grazing available.  
Below are pictures of the newest project, brick making!  These bricks will be sold in the market!

Making the brick in a mold!

Air drying

After the tour of the valley, we headed back up (a very big hill) and met with a representation of the local cooperative.  Rachael and Leah taught about disease prevention as well as the preventing the spread of disease between livestock and people.
A very enthusiastic crowd, great questions, and during Rachael's summary and 'end of lecture quiz' they demonstrated that they listened and understood.

Pop it out of the mold to dry

Giant kiln. There are 100,000 bricks in there, they keep the fire stoked for a week, then close it up and let it cool down for a week.

The church building we are in for this presentation has been recently finished.  When we were here last year it was only up to about waist high.  We helped carry bricks up from the valley (Rachael and I had carried 4 each, in our arms, when they were carrying 10 - 12 each, on their head!)

Jean Pierre, Paravet in Murico.

We were scheduled to do a second Food Security meeting this afternoon, but when we got there, only a couple people were there and the pastor was not, so we decided to return to Kigeme to set off on another adventure!  We did get to see our Paravet for that area!

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We went back to the guest house, and were delighted to find that Roger and Alayne Adams were back from their 4 day visit to their sister parish!  Now we have our full team for the remainder of our stay here in Kigeme.  We all got ready and went off for a walk to see the bull that was purchased by the new Paravet Association!  It was a long walk up a mountain, the view was spectacular and the bull was very cute (7 months old)!  We had suggested they named this bull Roger!!  So, Roger it is!!

Roger!

Couple of goats

Roger and Roger!

A cow trying to be a goat! ( a "gow" or a "coat"- a special Rwandan mix!!)

The view from the top!!