The gal in this picture is the owner of the home My team is working on. Her husband was a soldier and died of malaria. She has 4 children and earns $50 a month. She said she could never have afforded to pay for a latrene. She is very sweet and a very hard worker. she worked with us the entire morning. Many of the locals helped out. During our morning work, we were listening to a very big funeral - lots of music and chanting going on, next to our homes. i figured if i died of a heart attack while digging the 5 ft hole the funeral arrangements would easily be taken care of :)
The local kids were fascinated to see a bunch of "old white people" working like we were in our 20's:
By the time we dug down the 5 feet we were in water, still needing to dig so we let Brent do the last part of the digging :). I was too vertically challenged to get the mud out of the hole :).
Things were going well, but we were a bit surprised by two "not so little" visitors!
We were able to get the entire latrene dug and set into place which gave us a real sense of accomplishment. Here are a few shots from the day:
Susan and Brent "dig" their work :)
Margaret is the saw master
We left the site with the project well on its way:
So, more to follow :)
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