This last week there have been elephants in the compound almost every night. I live in house surrounded by a farm, and because the forest is dry right now, the elephants leave the forest to look for food. Elephants are very intelligent. The electric fence that is between us and the forest, is held up by wooden poles. The elephants have figured out that if they step on these poles, they can knock the fence over without touching the electric fence, so right now they are roaming free. They only come to our farm at night, so i haven't actually seen them, we only hear the dogs barking their heads off at the elephants. When you shine lights out in the fields, the elephants appear black so they are very hard to see, and it is not wise to go looking for them. to shew them away we light fires around the compound, and this usually works. They really love the potatoes, tomatoes, melons, and when they are full, they like to just be destructive. uprooting everything and playing with it. They aren't dangerous though, they are only looking for food, not to hurt anyone. sometimes there are elephants that are very aggressive and charge/ trample anyone they see, these elephants aren't like this, they are just hungry.
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Since i have been back, the public school teachers have been on strike. they want a 300% pay raise, and the government is refusing to give it to them. This is the end of the second week of the strike, and so far there is no end date in sight. It is true that they aren't payed anything, but they also don't work very hard. i think both sides of the struggle need to be held accountable for their actions in order for the education system to get any better. The people most effected by this are the poor, (private school students went back to school), and they have the weakest voice amongst politicians. To be honest, i think the best answer would be to get rid of all the MPs (members of parliament). they are paid ridiculous amounts of money, and meanwhile all government run organizations have no money to do anything. Over 200 MPs went to the Olympics, all expenses paid by the government. what, was that really necessary?! This last week doctors, employed by the government, also went on strike. So pretty much poor people are screwed. They can't get an education, and they can't get sick. There are private hospitals, where doctors are not on strike, and although $15 sounds extremely cheap to me for a doctors visit, it is completely out of the reach for people who only make $50 a month.
that is it for now! i haven't been up to much, which is how i want to spend that last couple of weeks here. I have just been hanging out, talking a lot, sewing a lots, cooking a lot. making good memories.
love to you all!
suz
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Since i have been back, the public school teachers have been on strike. they want a 300% pay raise, and the government is refusing to give it to them. This is the end of the second week of the strike, and so far there is no end date in sight. It is true that they aren't payed anything, but they also don't work very hard. i think both sides of the struggle need to be held accountable for their actions in order for the education system to get any better. The people most effected by this are the poor, (private school students went back to school), and they have the weakest voice amongst politicians. To be honest, i think the best answer would be to get rid of all the MPs (members of parliament). they are paid ridiculous amounts of money, and meanwhile all government run organizations have no money to do anything. Over 200 MPs went to the Olympics, all expenses paid by the government. what, was that really necessary?! This last week doctors, employed by the government, also went on strike. So pretty much poor people are screwed. They can't get an education, and they can't get sick. There are private hospitals, where doctors are not on strike, and although $15 sounds extremely cheap to me for a doctors visit, it is completely out of the reach for people who only make $50 a month.
that is it for now! i haven't been up to much, which is how i want to spend that last couple of weeks here. I have just been hanging out, talking a lot, sewing a lots, cooking a lot. making good memories.
love to you all!
suz
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