Perspective

I hear a lot of people talking about problems with life here and the economy and unemployment and I understand that things are hard on a lot of people these days both because of their own doing as well as simple bad luck. But I also think that it is important to always keep a little perspective and understand that for 95% of the people in this country your worst day is better than a normal day for a staggering number of people in the world.

For example:

There was this Canadian-Namibian high school exchange program that came to Gobabis for 6 weeks or so to work on various small projects. The center piece of their work was to build tin shacks for four families that were living essentially in shelters made from cardboard and plastic bags.

This is a shot of the four shacks they constructed at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

This is the interior shot of one of the shacks.

These shacks are simply metal walls and roof over a concrete slab. Front door to back wall is approx 6 feet. Side to side maybe 12 feet. So lets say roughly 72 sq ft of concrete slab with metal walls. No electricity, no sewage (they would dig a pit latrine outside), water available from a tap prob half a mile away.

The four families that got these were extremely happy and in some cases moved to tears. Perspective