14-01-2021, 10:08 AM
Hi.
We are cosseted so much in the west.
Judy tells me so much about life in the "village" in Kenya.
Her elderly parents have a nice looking house, her dad was a teacher and receives a small state pension around £10 a month, to survive they have 2.5 acres of land which they farm, they sell produce and milk locally. They are off grid and have bore hole water and a pit latrine. So we are very much different to that way of life. I do believe they are actually happier and healthier than we are, they don't complain or moan.
They have TV and mobile phones and data and we talk regularly on WhatsApp, no fridge or washing machine, fortunately the area is 7000ft ASL so even though its bang on the equator (Nyahururu) it's cooler
Just 22c at the moment.
So in a way its like living in the past for us.
We need to be more thankful for what we have.
We are cosseted so much in the west.
Judy tells me so much about life in the "village" in Kenya.
Her elderly parents have a nice looking house, her dad was a teacher and receives a small state pension around £10 a month, to survive they have 2.5 acres of land which they farm, they sell produce and milk locally. They are off grid and have bore hole water and a pit latrine. So we are very much different to that way of life. I do believe they are actually happier and healthier than we are, they don't complain or moan.
They have TV and mobile phones and data and we talk regularly on WhatsApp, no fridge or washing machine, fortunately the area is 7000ft ASL so even though its bang on the equator (Nyahururu) it's cooler
Just 22c at the moment.
So in a way its like living in the past for us.
We need to be more thankful for what we have.
