A Day in the Life of an Artisan

LOCATED IN

Kigali

Join a local hostess on her hillside near Muhanga (approx 1 hours drive from Kigali). Here you can spend the day working, feasting, creating and laughing together to experience a day of rural Rwandan life. It really is an amazing thing to do.

Become part of a weaving cooperative for the day. Join your artisan hostesses in their village for a morning of family chores, a simple, home-cooked lunch. And then an afternoon of learning how to craft. With your translator alongside, you will love sharing life, work, conversation and laughter with the artisans and their families.
The Azizi Life Experience morning begins with a drive to a nearby village, where you and your Azizi Life interpreter will be welcomed by the ladies of the weaving cooperative.

After introductions from your hostess, a morning of family chores begins. You might help out in the kitchen or collect water from the valley spring. You could cut grass for the farm animals. Or get out in the fields for a seasonal agricultural activity.

At noontime, you’ll share a simple local meal with your host family, with plenty of time to chat and learn about each other’s lives. After lunch, you will join the artisan cooperative for an afternoon of weaving. You will learn how to harvest and prepare the natural fibres. And then they will teach you how to create your own piece of sisal jewellery.

The day finishes back at the Azizi Life office, with a cold drink. There you can browse through some of the beautiful crafts made by the Azizi Life artisans and do a little fair-trade shopping.