"Dry Cleaning" Project in Rwanda

One thing I learned in Africa was, things don't always mean what you think it means. Our staff said they would take us to the "dry cleaning" project. I immediately thought, hmmm, most people don't even have electricity, or enough money for food, how could they need a dry cleaner?

Well to my surprise we drove up to a dump site. Widows and orphans collected rubbish, brought it to the dump site and then began the process of sorting out what they would burn and what they would recycle. This was the process of "drying" the burnable rubbish.. sorting was the process of "cleaning" it.

The women and children worked hard everyday to make enough money to feed their families. I was so impressed by the hard working people of Rwanda.