Daniels House

Daniel is one of the workers at Grace. He lives a long way from Grace and takes an hour each morning to catch a mini bus and walk to Buseko to get picked up for the ride to Grace. On Wednesday night part of his house fell down. He lives in one of the “compounds” (we would call a slum) His house is made of mud bricks with a dirt floor , no windows and sort of waterproof roof. On the way to the hospital we drove into the compound to Daniels house so john could see what could be done to help him fix it. John decided to get some of the Grace guys to put in a proper wall.

It was a very slow and bumpy drive right into the heart of the compound. A bus full of white people (Masungas) is quite a sight and there were lots of kids waving at us. In the compound the houses are close together and not in any real order. Some are in a lot better shape that others. In amongst it all there are little shop fronts selling small items – like 1 table spoon of cooling oil in little plastic bags – Susan Chalkais is very experienced at getting a little 15 seater bus into places you would think you could only walk to.

Daniel was happy to show us his house and the one next door where his mother live.  It is hard to explain what it really was like, the people have very little and their houses are dark and small and damp. Lots of kids followed us when we got out and they all liked to have their photos taken and then look at the picture on the camera screen.