I did something really fun today. Jen and Serge had a business meeting with a Congolese refugee called Nathalie. Her husband left her in 2000 with three small children and twins on the way. She had to flee the DRC to escape the ethnic conflict and moved her family to Kiziba Refugee Camp in north-west Rwanda. But its turns out that she's something of an entrepreneur. She started a creative association in the camp, a group of women who make and sell jewellery and other handicrafts. She donates some of the profits to the youth ministry in the camp and the rest provides for their families. She's an amazing woman.
Well anyway, initially Serge was acting as an interpreter between Natalie and Jen, as they don't have a common language. But I asked if I could have a go and they said yes! So I interpreted for a couple of hours French to English, English to French, and it was so much fun! Serge had to help out a little bit with words that I didn't know, but for the most part it was me. Tres bien! Jen is going to take the jewellery back to Canada to sell, because Nathalie will make more money that way.
Her jewellery is so nice, I just couldn't resist!
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