Neema's

As I have previously mentioned, Neema's is a craft shop and cafe where they have wifi and delicious food. It is generally where white people visiting or who live in Iringa hang out. We usually go after school to get a snack or lunch and meet up with the other volunteers. 

All of the waiters are deaf. To order your food, you fill out a slip of paper and take a wooden sunflower with a number on it, and they bring you your food. 

Downstairs is a craft shop which basically has one million things that I would love to buy. It is slightly more expensive than the rest of the shops in Iringa, but the proceeds go to the people who work there who have different disabilities. 

Today, we took a tour of the workshop where all of the products sold I the store are made. They take people off the streets who  are struggling and give them free training with a sewing machine for eight months, and then they can take the sewing machine and start their own work in town. 

These are beads made from recycled paper :

Here is how they make paper : 

This guy is making scarfs:

More artists:

We also were able to see the hotel section at Neema's. if you ever go to Iringa, you should stay there. It was beautiful.