Z is for ZINGARO

Rwanda's equivalent of bar food involves goat meat skewers and roasted potatoes. Usually, the meat on the skewer is normal umubir, body meat. If you're extra lucky though, you'll get zingaro, the tasty insides! 

Y is for YOUTH

X is for X-rays

The district hospital has one x-ray machine that sometimes works. It's one x-ray for the entire district-- with a population that exceeds a quarter million people. Below, my friend and district radiologist. 

W is for WATER

Lake Kivu

V is for VACCINATION

Every Friday is vaccination day at my health center. Anywhere between ten and one hundred children who are anywhere from a day to a year old come in with their mothers for vaccinations against polio, rotavirus, tuberculosis, and measles just to name a few. For a great blog post about vaccinations in Rwanda, check out the Peace Corps Rwanda Gender and Development Group blog for a post written by my good friend, Rita.

U is for UMUGANGA

Umuganga is the word in Kinyarwanda for doctor or nurse. Over the last two years, I have met some really incredible and inspiring abaganga who ensure the health and future of all Rwandans.

T is for TEACHER

Anne Marie is a local secondary school teacher, co-adviser/teacher to our youth club, my Kinyarwanda teacher, and a great friend for the last two years.