Chinese bamboo processing expert Yu Qinhong instructs students to make bamboo furniture at a bamboo processing training center in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Li)
KIGALI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Experts from China have been teaching Rwandan youth how to make furniture at Masaka Incubation Business Center, in Masaka sector, Kicukiro district of Kigali, the Rwandan capital, since 2009 and the results have been encouraging.
"From bamboo processing, I am able to earn income to sustain my livelihood and at the same time I am saving the environment," said Irenee Gumyushime, one of the students at the center, in a recent interview.
A Rwandan woman weaves a piece of bamboo craftwork at a bamboo processing training center in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Li)
Chinese bamboo processing expert Yu Qinhong talks with one of his Rwandan students at a bamboo processing training center in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Li)
A Rwandan woman weaves a piece of bamboo craftwork at a bamboo processing training center in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Li)■
