There was a whole new light to the group today. After what was potentially a disasterous start to our community visits we all rebounded nicely. I had a new translator, who woker out much better than my first girl (Flora).
We completed 4 surveys together, and I felt like they were sound. I know people are laughing at us, but it seems that they are now interest in what we are doing. Many poeple were waiting for us to arrive, they would have chairs ready. It is somewhat depressing to me that an 80 year old women insists that i take the chair, and goes so far as to say she will not speak with me if I don't take her seat. The first house I talked with was a grandmother taking care of her 10 grandchildren, her 8 adult children are living in Maun and sending money for the kids. Almost 100% of her income was sent from the kids. It was amazing. My second interview was a women who wanted me to buy her baskets. They were great, and I almost did buy one but it was a lot of money to me (400 pula). The third interview was the poorest people in the community, they make less than 2000 pula a year (7 pula = 1 dollar). Could you live on a couple hundred a year in the states?????
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