Hi Marc,
When I go to see my mother in the Dominican Rep all my negative feelings go away and I feel my problems are no problems at all..
There, the toilet is broken, there is not water.The feces accumulate and there is a bad smell. People have to walk a few miles to get two gallons of water. With those two gallons I have to wash my clothes, wash myself, drink, and flush the toilet.
Sometimes you can not get food eventhough you have the money to buy it.
Clothes are expensive and children wander around naked.
There is not money to buy medicine so people used Santeria (witch craft) and herbs or plants for medicine.
Children do not get present in their birthday or "los dias de Reyes" except the one that can afford them (a few).
The transportation system is a disaster..
I used to walk 4 or 5 hours to go from college to my house.
It is very hot there and most of the electricty if unreliable, most of the time we do not have electricty.
Mosquitos fills the cealing of the house and you have to sleep with "mosquiteros"
And the trash accumulate in the streets, in some areas cats and dogs are most of the time killed to be eaten when food is not available.
There is not law to protect women and children. Years ago I asked for my friend, somebody told me she got killed. There is not freedom of speech. If you say the wrong thing you can get in trouble...
We are blessed to have food, water, computers, electricity and being able to have freedom.
I feel blessed with the small things that I have because I have seen hell.
I hope one day you have the chance to visit a poor country. You will feel blessed and thankful for the small things that we have and we do not appreciate..
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