I see Rwandan children growing up much differently than you and I did in Kentucky. For this article, I spoke with my host sister, other families that I've befriended and I visited a school!
For breakfast, Rwandan children usually eat passion fruit with bread and tea. Overall, Rwandans do not eat much for breakfast.
For lunch, children at school usually eat porridge which is made by mixing this powder substance into hot water; it tastes a bit like sweet potato soup.
For dinner, Rwandans eat cooking bananas (like plantains), rice, peanut sauce, vegetables (like peas, carrots and green beans) and chapati (also known as roti which is an unleavened flatbread).
All houses are located inside compounds, which have a concrete wall and gate around the perimeter. Most people have a housekeeper who keeps the gate locked and opens it when the family comes back home.
The housekeeper is a big difference between Rwandan homes and American homes (typically only very wealthy people have housekeepers in the U.S.). Most families have housekeepers, even if they are not rich; it does not cost the same amount of money to have one here. The housekeeper cooks, cleans and takes care of the children while the parents work.
