Nigeria to Mali

May 22nd, 2006 8:30 PM UTC
By Tayloe

Bono in Mali After Nigeria, we bolted for the airport and skipped across the tarmac to our
awaiting white albatross for the short flight to Mali, where we were joined by
OXFAM representatives who took us out into the countryside to meet village
farmers who are growing commercial and organic cotton.

This was my favorite part of the trip, with the women farmers dressed in
bright vibrant clothes alongside men, sharing their stories of economic
diversification and the difference the cotton crops were making in their
lives. Bono presented the village elders a gift of cola nuts, and in return,
they gave him some of the locally grown cotton and a Make Poverty History shirt
that had been made with the cotton grown with their own hands.

We all sat under a large shade tree as the midday sun beat down upon the
village and shared stories and learned the hardships of drought and water
shortages on their lives. As if heaven sent, shortly thereafter a rain cloud
emerged and the children began running through the fields with buckets and other
home made water spouts to collect the rain water for drinking. I started to
realize how fortunate we are in our country that we are to be able to turn on
the tap and drink fresh water while here they are extremely dependent on these
rains and the four deep wells that have been dug nearby. They are incredibly
strong people who survive under the harshest conditions. The cotton they grow
helps feed their families and put their children in school but it is the rain
that provides life in its most basic form.

We shook hands and waved good bye and headed off into the afternoon,
impressed by this village’s tenacity and ability to survive and actually thrive
under these conditions. Amazing.

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