1. Rwanda By Lauren Yager, Zoë Edwards, Annie Weidner, & Morgan Runkel

2. Fast Facts Capital City: Kigali Official Language: Kinyarwanda Government: Presidential Republic Area: 26,338 sq km Population: 8.6 million

3. Religion Roman Catholic ~ 49.6% Protestant Christian ~ 43.9% Islam ~ 4.6% None ~ 1.7% Kigali Nyamata Church

4. Currency Rwandan Francs Exchange Rate: 530.45 RWF = 1 US Dollar

5. Government Republic since 1962 Executive power ~ President Seven-year term (President) 80-member Chamber of Deputies 26-member Senate (8-year term) Current President: Paul Kagame Paul Kagame

6. Languages Kinyarwanda English French Swahili

7. Traditions New Year’s Day ~ Jan. 1 Democracy Day ~ Jan. 28 Good Friday ~ April 6 National Mourning Day ~ April 7 Easter Monday ~ April 9 Labor Day ~ May 1 Independence Day ~ July 1 Liberation Day ~ July 4 Assumption ~ Aug. 15 Culture Day ~ Sept. 8 Eid Al Fitr ~ Oct. 24 All Saints Day ~ Nov. 1 Christmas Day ~ Dec. 25

8. Customs Music & Dance ~ produces a hypnotic & exciting explosion set of intertwining rhythms Considered disrespectful to call adults by their first or last name When greeting someone you say uraho which means good day or hello Refusing to take offered food or drink is considered a grave insult Marriage ~ Most couples today select their own mates, though approval of the family is expected Rwandan families are generally quite large Chairs are traditionally reserved for men, while other family members sit on mats on the floor

9. Art Cow dung “paintings” Paul Gent ~ artist that shows Rwandan street life & culture through paintings Traditional wood carvings Painting by Paul Gent

10. Clothing Tutsi Women ~ dresses & scarves Men ~ pants & shirts Hutu Western-style clothing Handmade beaded necklaces & bracelets Girls Overalls Boys Cream shorts & top

11. Education Less than 10 percent of Rwandans attend high school State has assumed the responsibility for providing formal education for children Only about 60 percent of children ever attend school

12. Housing Live in huts of wood, reed, & straw Shaped like beehives

13. Natural Resources Gold Tin Ore Tungsten Ore Methane

14. Food Food Items Bananas Beans Potatoes Sorghum Sweet Potatoes Cassava Spinach Corn Fried grasshoppers Beverages Ikigage ~ locally brewed alcoholic drink Made from dry sorghum, urwarwa Brewed from plantains Urgwagwa ~ Local banana beer

15. Animals Hippopotamuses Flying lemurs Partridges Elephants Buffalo Cheetahs Guinea hens Lions Zebras Leopards Geese Monkeys Goriilas Jackals Hyenas Snipe Wild boar Antelope Crocodiles Ducks Quail

16. Diseases Malaria HIV/AIDS Yellow Fever Hepatitis A & B Typhoid Fever Rabies Polio Malaria Hepatitis A Polio RabiesYellow Fever Hepatitis B Typhoid Fever

17. Highlights of Trip Day 1 – Arrive in Kigali Day 2 – Kigali Nyamata Church Day 3 – Safari Day 4 – Kigali Memorial Center Day 5 – Gorilla Trekking Day 6 – Shopping Day 7 – Resting Day 8 – Gisozi Genocide Memorial Center Day 9 – Akagera National Park Day 10 – Going home Kigali Mall

18. Highlights of Budget Exchange Rate: 1 US dollar = 530.45 RWF Cost of Trip in US dollars: $14,686 Cost of trip in RWF: 7,790,188.70 RWF Plane tickets: $7,764 Hotel: $3,068 Car Rental: $1,500

19. Fun Facts Kigali is one of the few cities in the world without a branch of McDonald's Rwanda has only one movie theater At least a third of the Parliament representation must be female Kigali is the city in Africa most frequently visited by American Christian rock bands 50% of the population is under 18 Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa Rwanda is among the most rural countries in the world Children are a symbol of wealth