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While there are about 200,000 Singaporeans living and working abroad, few would have considered making their mark in Rwanda. We speak to Lam Shumei, who set up the largest modern poultry farm in the East African Nation.
Growing up, her family called her a chicken without feathers because of her tiny frame. Now, Lam Shumei (full disclosure, this writer's sister) is known as "Madame Poulet du Singapur" - the "Chicken Madam from Singapore" - because she is the biggest chicken farmer in Rwanda.
"When I meet people in Singapore and I say I have a chicken farm in Rwanda, their response is, 'Chicken farmer? Rwanda?'" she said, adding that most people back home know little about the East African nation apart from the genocide in 1994.
hankfully, Rwanda has moved on from its violent past. According to the Global Law and Order 2015 report, the country is now the safest African country to live in.
Source: channelnewsasia
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