Marare People Profiles
I'm hoping we can add in a short profile of people who live in this village ... to let you know a bit of who they are. There is a temptation to think of them as "the villagers", an undifferentiated mass, but this is about people ... so to start off let me introduce....
Nakoni and Jennifer
Nakoni is an enthusiastic man with a powerful voice. We first met him at the opening ceremonies when he stood up, faced the crowd and addressed them with great spirit and vigour. Of course we didn't understand a word, as he was speaking Lugisu, but I felt the desire to go along with whatever he was saying!
Two days later we met him again. He happily brought over his wife Jennifer to introduce her ... there was obvious affection between them.
Later as we walked into the village toward's Deborah's house (see yesterday) Nakoni grabbed me and insisted on showing me his home. There was no escape.
Nakoni is a farmer, with a cow and goats. Nakoni was very sick about two years ago, and he was taken to the hospital by the members of the church community. He worstened, and actually was in a coma. But the community prayed for him, and he has fully recovered.
An Appeal To The Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering Technologies and Builders Out There
As we go through the village, we see buildings out of construction largely out of the local brick. (a whole other subject explaining how that is made). Sarah, one of the FH staff, pointed something out and asked me a question I was professionally unable to answer ... I'm hoping that my civil brethren out there can help ...
When the build evidently they use the local clay mud as mortar for the lower courses, using cement only for the upper ones; you can see the contrast in the building below:
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