Hey y’all!
The days are winding down and we’ve been busy trying to fit in last minute trips this week. On Thursday, some of us spent some time at the pool and some went to play a game of basketball. Afterwards, some members of the group went to the hospital to see Dido’s sister’s newborn baby boy! Afterwards, we all met up at a local Indian cuisine restaurant, which was so delicious.
The following day (Friday), some students went on a day trip to the west, while the rest of us hung back and went to afternoon tea and tried to finish up some work.
Josh’s first experience at high tea!
That’s just a little update, but for this blog, we wanted to dedicate it to four out of the five INES students that have been with us for the past three weeks (we did not receive consent to post the video of the fifth, so we will not)
Today, we have included short videos of Dido, Nelly, Claudette, and Alex. All seniors at INES – Ruhengeri in the Statistics and Applied Economics department. None of the INES nor the REU students knew what to expect when we went to pick them up, but over the past three weeks, we have lived together, conducted research together, interviewed together, ate together, traveled all over this country together, swam together, and most importantly, learned from one another. They taught us Rwandan customs and Ikinyarwandan. We taught them about life in the US and about qualitative research. It was an absolute pleasure getting to know these five individuals and we foresee nothing but success in their future.
Enjoy officially meeting: Dido, Nelly, Claudette, and Alex
Maha
Rwanda REU 2017 