Another Field Trip

Last week we went on our second field trip of the year to see a fairly new Rwandan business that makes various kinds of flours. Debby had noticed their product on a local supermarket's shelves and thought that it might be helpful to see how they processed their flours as she might be able to learn from their process for her moringa business. We decided that it would also make a great field trip for the school. We drove to the facility about an hour and a half outside of Kigali. We were able to see the casava trees where they harvest the leaves for a flour popular here in Rwanda.

Then we went to the area where they plucked and ground the leaves.




We followed the process as the leaves were dried and packaged.

The owner of the business was very friendly and informative. It was great to hear about how his business had evolved and how he had invented many of the machines used by the workers. Afterwards he and his wife treated us to some fantas, goat shishkabobs, and a type of donut that is popular here. They also sent us home with samples of three types of flours that they make at their facilities.