Our journey took us back to the village of Bonoua (I just realized I need to add some pronunciation guides - “Bon-wa”) today. Two from our team of six were back at the Mayors office and two were at the hospital. Both of these sites still had large crowds coming even though it was the fourth day to have the campaign at theses sites. Carmen and I were asked to be partnered with two volunteers from the church to walk around the village of Samo (“Sam-oo”). So, the bus took us their and dropped us off with these two, our intrepeter, and a soldier from the Genmardine (military police) who have been our security while in country.
Let me say this was an interesting journey and a new experience of Cote d’ Ivoire. Samo is a picturesque African village with very poor people who are rich in heart. They seem to be basic subsistence living but content and happy in life. However, we discovered many had not hung the nets they had received the day before. So, we began to urge them and explain to them why. The church members used our presence as motivation and said things like “these have come to help you and you are not using their help.” They said they would be hanging the nets. One mother said she didn’t have string to hang them, but we suggested she use strips from the tattered cloth she had hanging to dry. She ripped it into strips and we went into her home and hung her net for her. Word spread and 3 others asked us to help them too. So this was a rewarding time to know we not only gave them a net but helped them actually use the nets. And that is what this is all about. Give a net, save a life!
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