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Some pics from up country

After a meeting with one of the district Agricultural Department, we saw all the tractors available for use in that district-assuming they work ok and are looked after suitably by those who are hired to drive them

The main water pump at Kailahun's medical factility- common in most districts, including the district capitals. Since we were traveling on the main 'trunk' roads, we probably saw those villages and towns with the most advance sanitation systems outside of Freetown.

A failry well-to-do family in Bonthe would probably live in this house- it has a metal roof, which is a major sign that a family isn't in absolute poverty. in fact, when people are asked in surveys, what they see as a sign of riches, they don't talk about consumer goods such as radios, TV's, watches and mobile phones (although these are expected to come later as signs of wealth), instead they talk about people having metal roofs on their houses.
The crowd waiting for the VP to come an officially open the ferry that has reopened on this stretch of river- it can take 2 cars and several people across, whereas the canoes that previously served as the main form of transport couldn't really take any vehicles!

Labels: ferry, house, hut, kailahun, pump, tractor, water

posted by Nenya @ 1:50 pm