One thing that I learned from her thus far in regard to poverty is that regardless of location, someone somewhere suffers from similar issues, homelessness and lack of food being in the lead. She explained to me the housing situation in certain areas of Cape Verde. Some of the houses are cheaply put together making it easy for families to remain sickly. She also explained that having adequate and safe drinking water can be of concern as well.
She directed me to a website to read about a homeless man, an immigrant from Cape Verde being eaten by rats in Portugal. (http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article74939&ak=1)
Please do not read if you are as easily sickened as I am. I wish that there was something that we could do to stop world homelessness and hunger. She mentioned that even though she is no longer in the area, she is always staying in touch with family members and friends.
An insight that I gained this week in regard to poverty is that poverty can be both seen and unseen. There are individuals that are living from pay check to pay check trying to survive with limited resources. On the contrary, there are individuals that are on the streets and looking for help from what ever angel possible. I often see commercials asking for money to help aide individuals from other countries. I've learned that we need to make commercials to help aide people that are right here in our own communities as well.
Interesting post Katrina. Yes - poverty can be unseen, and I agree with you that awareness is very important. I'm looking forward to reading more Ms. Frye. It sounds like economic hardships and deprivation of basic services is also a big issue in Cape Verde.
ReplyDeleteHi Carolina,
ReplyDeleteAs I read through her emails, it seems as though some areas are better than others. I am eager to learn more information from her as well.
Thank you for sharing your insights so far! Awesome that you've connected with someone. Where is Camp Verde?
ReplyDeleteYes, I know that there are a lot of people in this world living from paycheck to paycheck and when that paycheck goes away if a job does not come along quickly things can go bad very quickly. My job was eliminated three years ago when the corporation that I worked for closed their local offices and consolidated their corporate offices to New York City. I chose to stay in San Francisco and started my daycare and it has been a blessing ever since.
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Katrina,
ReplyDeleteI think that it is amazing that you have connected with someone.It is interesting to learn about what is going on in other places around the world and it is great to have met someone who will give you insight on what is going on around them. Great blog post !
Hi Katrina, Congratulations on your contact with Bela Frye! I had to look up Cape Verde in order to know exactly where it is. Cape Verde is located in the mid-Atlantic about 300 miles off the Western coast of Africa! It sounds like such an interesting, and very unique place! I just read briefly about the water issues on Cape Verde and the surrounding islands. My curiosity is peaked! I look forward to learning more about Ms Frye's insights and ideas. Thank you, Katrina
ReplyDeleteHey Katrina,
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad that no one has contacted you yet because I have received the same response. I don't know why by I tried contacting someone in China and in Ghana and I got no luck. The next thing I did was trying to contact someone back in Kentucky where I got all my training from and no one contacted me back with several attempts that lasted all of last week. I called the daycare that I used to work at and all the teachers were busy and the director. So I don't know if this is going to go anywhere. But keep up the good work in class...