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| Anna |
My name is Anna Peter, but everyone calls me “Juicy.” Well,
you might say I am exaggerating, but if you had your two sisters, mum and
neighbors calling you “Juicy” every time you refused to eat without juice by
your side, then maybe you could understand my definition of “everyone.”
Whenever people ask me what my favorite food or drink it is,
I always answer juice. Trust me, I know the difference between food and drink,
but I grew up eating and drinking only juice. I don’t know why, but my stubborn
throat would only allow juice to pass
without having me to use force.
Whenever I hear my mum’s blender running, I get this
tremendous feeling which I wish to share with you throughout this blog. I want
to be a juice scientist, and I wish for everyone to experience juicing and the
smile that it puts on my face after drinking my homemade juice. Today my dream is becoming a reality. At
Gashora Girls Academy, my current school, Cecile, Malayika and I have an
opportunity to put together our different recipe ideas and use fruit from our
school farm to test these recipes. When
a recipe passes the test, we can share our secret recipes with you through this
blog. This is all thanks to our agriculture club, which is helping is to turn
our dreams into realities! Most
excitingly, we get to share our smiles with you!
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| Malayika |
My name is Linda Victoria Malayika. Do you want to know why
I am unique? It is because of juice. I
am proud to be a juice girl. I became interested in juice because I grew up not
having it simply because my mum could not afford it. I started to drink juice when
I was in grade seven- I know, it sounds funny- but I had no choice. I love juice
more than any other drink, and that’s why I would always ask mum, “When will you
learn how to make juice so that we can start drinking it at home?”
This is not only my own story. Many children around my neighborhood
face the same problem: they can’t drink juice because it is costly. When I entered
into Gashora Girls Academy, I saw a big farm full of different kinds of fruits,
and I was so excited that my question would soon be answered. I started
collaborating with my colleagues, and started producing juice so that my dream-
which is now our dream- could be real, even though I did not know how to make
juice. With the help of my courageous partners, I learned how to make juice. The
idea of this blog came with the aim of sharing our experience with the rest of Rwanda.
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| Cecile |
I’m Cecile MWAMIKAZI. I started high school at Gashora Girls
Academy in 2014. I’m currently in grade 12 and I’m taking PCM (Physics
Chemistry and Mathematics). My earliest memory was when I was 5 years old.
Every night before saying goodnight to mum I would say, “Mum, please, please remember to prepare my juice
to take to school.” The preparation of my juice was to buy juice and mix it
with water to reduce the concentration. One day Mum told me, “Tomorrow you are
taking black tea to school because I don’t have money to buy the juice.” The
following day I went to school crying. In break time, I was filled with great
anger because I was the only kid drinking tea while others were drinking juice or
milk. I decided to sit alone. A few minutes later, the teacher came and asked,
“Ce-cii-le, what’s wrong?” I then threw my cup of tea at her before she
finished speaking. She didn’t become angry or beat me. In contrary, she
comforted me and asked what the matter was. “I don’t want tea for break time,”
I replied. She ultimately bought the
juice for me and the mood of studying came. From that memory, Anna, Linda and I
have decided to find out simple and modernized ways to make juice for our homes. That’s the way our journey started, and now
through this blog we want to share how to prepare different kinds of juice.
