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Handcraft making in Rwanda: Good for tourism and economy but a potential danger for cultural heritage and environment. Basket weaving or basketry has a strong traditional meaning in Rwanda. This practice with a big gender gap was and is still done majority by women and girls. Women and girls gather, socialize, and education whereby mothers teaching […]

Tourism is a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes (UNWTO, IRTS 2008). Tea tourism is defined as “tourism that is motivated by an interest in the history, traditions and consumption of tea” (Jolliffe 2007:9). Gisakura Tea Factory Visitors […]

Nyamirambo Women’s Center located in Kigali Hub as per the Rwanda tourism map. NWC is a Rwandan local NGO launched right at the end of 2007 by 18 women living in Nyamirambo suburb of Kigali. NWC’s mission today is to provide education and training to disadvantaged women so that they can gain better opportunities for […]

Looking at the Rwanda Tourism Map, Nyamirambo Women’s Center (NWC) is in Kigali Hub, the capital city of Rwanda. NWC is a Rwandan NGO launched at the end of 2007 by 18 women living in Nyamirambo suburb of Kigali (www.nwc-umutima.org). Rwanda Tourism Map At the beginning, these committed ladies were driven by the joint vision […]