Chahalka

The village that we are working in has approximately 750 families. Each family has, on average, nine children. Their homes are built of brick or large stones that are mortared together. Some homes just have loose rock stocked into walls, enough to give them privacy. There are no bathrooms and most are just one or two open rooms. They have mud floors and the furniture consists of a few cots made from rope woven across a wooden frame. The cooking is done on an open fire using dried dung as a fuel. There are water buffalo, goats, chickens and dogs roaming the village. People do not seem to understand the concept of a garbage receptacle and just drop their garbage where ever thy stand. There is garbage everywhere! I have never seen such squalor! But guess what? Everybody is smiling.