RWANDA

RWANDA FACTS

• Population 10.6 million
• Capital Kigali
• Main languages kinyarwanda french english Swahili
• Main religions christianity and indigenous beliefs
• Life expectancy 59

RWANDA

RWANDA FACTS PG 2

• Literacy rate 71%
• Child mortality 111 children die before age five
• 18% of children under five are underweight
• Number of children Who have lost one or both parents 690,000!

POVERTY AND HEALTHCARE

• In 2000 through 2010, only 221 physicians were registered in Rwanda
• Around 140,000 adults are living with HIV or AIDS
• 130,000 children have lost one or both their parents to the disease
• Over 90,000 families have received a cow!

FOOD AND DAILY LIFE

• Four-fifths of Rwandans live in rural areas
• Kigali (the capital) is called the african Singapore for its clean streets and low levels of crime
• As well as cooking potatoes Rwandans love french fries!
• Everyday meals consist of beans veggies or meat stew, sounds good!

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

• Rwanda has a huge tradition of celebrations involving music and dance.
• Over two-thirds of Rwandans are Christian.
• English and Swahili are helpful when dealing with their trading partners east Africa
• Celebratory dances are often backed by an orchestra of drums

GEOGRAPHY & WILDLIFE

• Rwanda is a small landlocked country. Mountains run down its western side
• Originally covered by rainforest, farming over the last 2,000 years has wrecked Rwanda's vegatation
• The regal sunbird in the picture is known for its majestic body as suggests in the name
• the Virunga Mountain Range is volcanic with six active volcanoes! And three extinct ones

CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE

• Rwanda's two main crops are tea and coffee
• For local consumption the most popular crops are plantains bananas,beens,potatoes
• Plantains bananas are very important to Rwandans almost two thirds of farmers earnings are plantain bananas
• Temperature and rainfall vary between north and east in the east its very dry but in the northern mountainous area has lots of rainfall

ECONOMY & INDUSTRY

• Rwanda's economy is based strongly on agriculture with four-fifths of Rwandans are small farmers
• Outside of farming many Rwandans are also self employed or working in small cottages
• Rwanda ranks number eleven for starting businesses
• Tourism is now the country’s largest source of earnings for foreigners

EDUCATION & JOBS

• In Rwanda, primary education is now free for children ages six-seven
• Since education became free the number of children going to school massively raised
• During the colonial period Rwanda was under the power of Belgium
• Four fifths of workers in Rwanda earn their living from agriculture

HISTORY & POLITICS

• In 1935, all Rwandans were issued with an identity card
• Paul Kagame won presidential elections again in 2010
• Twa people rarely achieved the status of Tutsi
• The minority Tutsis were favoured and resentments grew

PROBLEMS IN RWANDA

• the horrific genocide in Rwanda 1994
• Poverty.
• No doctors