Meet Rose
Rose lives in Rwanda
Rose is an orphan who lives in
a small village near Kigali,
Rwanda’s capital.
She lives in a house made out of mud and sticks with a
tin roof. There are only three rooms in her home.
Her brother Fidele has
brought her up and
helps her with things like
school work.
They were given a cow by Send a
Cow and they now have the calf
that she gave birth to.
Their cow gives them milk to
drink and sell and manure to
put on the crops.
They have to grow most of their own food
and they use special gardens like this
‘Keyhole’ garden and bag gardens.
This plot of land is
used to grow crops
like sweetcorn on.
Some of it is to eat
and some to sell.
There is a lot of
work to be done
to keep the crops
growing.
Rose also
has to do
lots of jobs,
like
collecting
water from
the well.
The cowshed has to be
kept clean and swept.
When the jobs are done Rose
loves playing games – just like
any other children.
Rose is able to go
to school thanks
to the money from
selling milk. So
now she can look
forward to getting
a good job in the
future.