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This
is portrait of one woman, Joyce Mbwilo, in her village, in rural
Tanzania. There is no crisis here: no war, no famine, just everyday
people doing everyday things, living in poverty with a lot of
humour and resilience. This is also the story of how communities
in the developing world are affected by the way we live here.
Climate change in Joyce’s village, Uhambingeto, has meant
half the maize crop has failed each year for the past four years;
the country’s debt means insufficient funds to subsidise
secondary education. Yet Uhambingeto also benefits from our
actions: with the initial round of debt relief in 2000, the
government made primary education free and compulsory: all the
children in Joyce’s village now go to school. And with
support from the NGO Tearfund, Joyce no longer walks ten hours
a night to collect water: the water is pumped to the village
centre. |
