Geography stuff
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- Hello, my name is Monica, and I am going to show you what life is like here in a small village in Kenya. This is my home where I live with my family, Samson (my husband), Cheru, 5 and Dina, 6.
- Cheru’s battered aluminum tea kettle holds enough water for her morning tea, but little more. When she digs in the sandy riverbed with the lid and scoops enough water to fill her kettle, it’s not enough to cook a meal or wash dishes. Dina, 6, can dig faster and can fill her can with more water. She gets impatient and pushes Cheru out of the way, The other children are waiting for their place. The goats, cows and camels jockey for positioning too.
- Children don’t get the best places to dig. There’s a larger, more productive waterhole 50 yards further on. There,women fill jerrycans, bathe their babies, wash clothes, and watch their cattle drink.
- Hardly a week goes by before a child in her family gets sick.
- In every shady place, the children stop to put down their heavy water jugs and rest. It’s a school holiday, so they take their time. No parents are along to rush them.
- “I think about water more than anything else,” says Monica. She’s always wondering: Do I have enough water to cook a meal, to make tea, and to wash clothes? Is there enough for the goats?
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