A grandmother weeding three rows of maze will receive 30 shillings a day or .38cents US. With her grandchildren’s help, they can weed five rows of maze and receive 50 schillings or .65cents US.
A boy that has lost his family may end up wondering the streets and sniffing glue, just to ward off the cold and the pains of hunger. A 14 year old girl may slip into prostitution because there is no where else to go.
A man will sell handkerchiefs or sesame seed balls all day at the station, just to eek out some type of living.
A boy will pop popcorn and sell it on the street corner, while his brother figures out a way to raise more chickens to sell.
Another grandmother will sell a few teabags and some sugar cane from a stick made street stand and then use the money to make tea and buy her visitors a Kenyan pastry and chips.
Public transportation is an intense, organized free for all; just so as many people can squeeze into an over crowded vehicle.
Because of the scarcity of food a grandmother of 6 may be forced to feed her grandchildren a porridge of Ugali…once a day.
Their stories can go on and on. But they all have one theme in common and that theme is survival. Their sole purpose in life is just to survive….some how, some way!
When have you had to do what ever it took just to survive? I know, we all work long and hard…but to do what? To buy that bigger, brighter, shinier, faster thing…what ever it is.
Here in North America what we view as surviving is just a time of being uncomfortable. So what is your purpose in life, are you really trying to survive or are you just uncomfortable? Maybe your "set" and have it made. If you have "made it" give some of your time or money away and if you already give....give more.
I know the only thing that separates me from those trying to survive, was a decision that He made a long time ago.
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