by Sidi Fofana
One time I visited a village that is found near the boarder between Mali and Mauritania. The village is named "X." In the middle of the village you will find an old house in ruins. Around the old house you will find fields of beans and grains. After the fields you will find sheep and other things. Every morning the men go into the fields. The young people go looking for wood to take to the women at home. After work, everyone sits under a tree to rest. They have little food. They have to share.
At night the children and women sleep without a mosquito net, with nothing. That’s why many people are affected by malaria. Also, they do not have medication for the sick. That’s why every year 8 or 10 children die from malaria.
Now, the reason there is so much AIDS in Africa is that all the families are poor so the young girls do prostitution to make money for their families. This is true for almost everyone. Let’s take the example of Nouakchott. A woman sells things in the market. Each day, she can’t make less than one thousand UM ($4) because she must pay that one thousand for her seat in the market. With that one thousand she could have bought cloths for her children and other things. How can my mind believe these things? Down to death I can’t believe them!
One time I visited a village that is found near the boarder between Mali and Mauritania. The village is named "X." In the middle of the village you will find an old house in ruins. Around the old house you will find fields of beans and grains. After the fields you will find sheep and other things. Every morning the men go into the fields. The young people go looking for wood to take to the women at home. After work, everyone sits under a tree to rest. They have little food. They have to share.
At night the children and women sleep without a mosquito net, with nothing. That’s why many people are affected by malaria. Also, they do not have medication for the sick. That’s why every year 8 or 10 children die from malaria.
Now, the reason there is so much AIDS in Africa is that all the families are poor so the young girls do prostitution to make money for their families. This is true for almost everyone. Let’s take the example of Nouakchott. A woman sells things in the market. Each day, she can’t make less than one thousand UM ($4) because she must pay that one thousand for her seat in the market. With that one thousand she could have bought cloths for her children and other things. How can my mind believe these things? Down to death I can’t believe them!
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