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A Country in East Africa 'Burundi' (Part-3)

This is the article's third section, which focuses on the situation in Burundi.

By Sarah DanielPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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The police checkpoints here begin with a peculiar rope across, and according to our guide, these individuals are from the leading party's youth wings, and they block the road to conduct identity checks. At the checkpoint, our driver presents documents to the police.

However, when they inform us that our vehicle will be impounded due to a break in the glass, the driver calmly haggles with the authorities and offers them a bribe of 5,000 Burundian Friends (approximately 1.6 USD).

You give me this investment. I'll purchase two logs, so my work will continue. How much money does he make each month? When they don't ask for bribes, civil workers manage to make ends meet, so we put one of the police officers in the car to learn how much a post officer makes among them. It is approximately 14,

but they also receive income from unofficial taste money, which they merely receive. spending money on beer How many hours a day do they work? our driver said as he pulled over.

Minister and his convoy was passing by he says out of respect it is forbidden to move the vehicle as the convoys pass By imagine a list of needs for a family of eight people will consume for a month but the head of the family earns only an Average of fifty thousand burning francs per month

one liter of milk is five thousand five hundred one liter of Sunflower oil is nine thousand one hundred seventy milliliter shampoo is eight thousand one kilogram of sugar is Eight thousand five hundred one and a half liter of water is one thousand five hundred even this list which does not Yet include vegetables or meat products is far above the purchasing power of a family

One piece of chocolate is two Thousand five hundred one pack of biscuits is two thousand one red bull is six thousand five hundred seven hundred Fifty grams of chocolate hazelnut is 000 one liter of olive oil is 29 000 as you see they don't keep the meat in refrigerators here like this

An average Burundian has to work for approximately 230 years without spending any money to earn the full annual salary of an average us citizen they are relying on human muscles here he keeps throwing the bricks upstairs

These bricks which will be used in the construction of a new house are made of a mighty mixture without undergoing any Firing process just 100 meters ahead and in the middle of the street a man is fainting probably due to starvation

it is heartbreaking to see this child who has no arms trying to carry his sibling we can't help but wonder what kind of job this kid will do to survive when he will be 20 or 30 years old we Are now in school most of these children will most likely be employed instead of continuing their education only 32 Percent of students in the country complete their secondary education less than one percent of the population Attend university

The only state university in the country is university of Burundi what are the dreams of the Students they believe that attending the school to become great people in the future what they want to become when they get home

You’re seeing children returning from their school how long do they work He worked for an hour and now he's just what about the other one 30 minutes 30 minutes

There are some who go for two hours Just to go home two hours yes those who do not have a bag carried their books tucked into their clothes

These young people drenched in white that we saw passing by are producing cassava flour which has plenty of starch In its roots so you see this is the flowers we have what we call Uganda guide is Cassava bread

they make bread out of this yeah out of this Month less than 20 000 Burundian friends is less than ten dollars how many hours Do they roast where do they stay yes they sleep here 30 000 years old

We came to the carpenter he's the one who is making yeah he has doors cuff Boards and something else Come we stopped at the traffic jam and peddlers keep coming one after the other

To Be Continued furtherly....

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