We are without running water in the house for a few days: apparently a fault in the line of pipes from the well that leads to our stock of 1000-liter tanks that have been depleted and no longer even get a drop of water from taps.
You realize the importance of things only when you fail, obvious phrase but never so true as in this case!
To get water for cooking, wash and wash the dishes at least (for now the clothes are piling up in the basket of dirty clothes) go to the source of school or hospital with the tanks. E 'therefore it must be a source manual hand pumps because the water came up from the pit and reach the surface.
In reality it is difficult to say GO to fill the tanks because they can not allow it, we are white and therefore, in addition to our workers, rather than to bring us water to our friends bring their small children of 4, 6 and 7 years ... with no little embarrassment on our part that we try to overcome the shame of giving candy to those who helped us. However this morning we are successful and I went with Greg in his arms on one side and a pair of 5-liter cans in the other hand ... made fun of me going to the hospital "you as an african lady ..!" The fact is I came back with one hand in the tank (and always Greg in his arms) walked sadly behind the girl who comes to clean that he had 4 of a tank in your hand! us white as usual, we want to or not, we are treated as princes.
We are among the few to have running water at home in the neighborhood. Do you think that everything in the village of Naggalama, a couple of miles from our compound, there are houses with running water. The electricity is, but no water at home (and we are 50 miles from the capital!).
So think positive and good to share a little 'people's lives and rediscover the value of things.
Now every drop of water we use we try to recycle as much as possible so we brush our teeth and hands by pouring water into the basin where Greg has done so then when the tub is almost full for the water use, water which mark the bottle of Greg the re-use for washing dishes, I'm looking for a way to recycle the water from the pasta after I drained ... we have 5-liter small tank and drain in no time! 30 gallons of water go away very fast and therefore we must do at least two rounds at the source in a day. If I think of when we have the water coming out the taps than they throw it away, how much waste without even realizing it, probably hundreds of liters per day for the sun everyday!
Try to notice: every time you wash your hands, you pull the toilet, you drink half a glass of water and the rest of the cast ...
We already recycled raw water from the tub of water for Greg, but now I think I will do a lot more attention to everything else. There seems to do a hard these days to do acrobatics to wash (especially Gregory that is not moving!) with the tank, to ration every drop of water but then we think that millions of people live that way forever and they do not miss anything and are often cleaner than us and therefore you can 'do, and without complaining too much.
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