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A Country in East Africa 'Burundi' (Part-4)

The fourth section of the article devoted to Burundi's condition (We never forget what we saw).

By Ali AkbarPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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They make Palm oil by producing it, putting the pawn cords in the machine to separate the oil from the core, filling these tools with oil, cooking them to clean them,

and using them to make soap. store owners Because their budgets don't allow for professional advertising, they enlist the aid of local painters and utilize these in place of store signs to advertise their business.

Because most people reside in rural areas, only one business produces sugar, coffee, or cement, and these industries are encircled by three- to four-meter high fences. These monopolized companies control the country's most fundamental necessities.

We drive outside of the city to the villages to observe general welfare. We go shopping to lighten the load on the locals, who live in very poor conditions; we spend only $15 to purchase enough cassava flour to feed 30 people. Sundays are for private cleaning.

Days spent outside with the encouragement of the government Burundians are sweeping the streets and cleaning the city today in the city Cemetery just outside Bujumbura we see with all its striking details that class distinction continues even after life You’re seeing a rich person cemetery behind me

this lady has bought private space for herself and no one can Trespass here these are for the middle class and these are for poor people police just stopped us he's taking us somewhere he says it is prohibited to film here and we can go to jail for that after taking 50 from our pocket he gives back our passport and goes away on December 7 2021.

A fire broke out in this prison just one week after the police threatened to send us to "guitar prison," killing 38 inmates. Burundi is the third worst country in the world for fire-related incidents, according to data, thus there was a fire.

what age is she? She puts things here from this side to this side with her Fortune husband died then three additional children died. This is like so little, you know, and there are a lot of mosquitoes Here and these are leftovers left over, yes where does she sleep it is here.

they observed her sticking with one boy. Can she subsist on the money she earns at first? In actuality, she begs for food rather than money, thus these are the things she obtained through begging, so the answer is yes.

This is her meal for the day, just enough, so let's give her a banana and a yes. One more whoa, okay, good bye. He turned to me and said, "How old is he now?"

He doesn't know how old he is this is where he sleeps yes and where he cooks yeah it is the same place so these Are his entire clothes these are his clothes he cooks here he has some woods there Using some pots and pans he has only one pair of shoes his clothes are cluttered

You may be wondering how many pieces of clothing are in his wardrobe the fact is he doesn't even have a wardrobe this is this gentleman's living space and life conditions

this is his son what does he do for a Living he brings uh food for cows how does he have bicycles He went to begging this shelter could be the home of the poorest person of the poorest country in The world in other countries farmers may use this kind of place for their animals

but people here actually accept shelters Like this one you're seeing the home of a woman that is trying to survive as a beggar this is the entire space she is Defenseless when it rains you can see holes in the wall there are sacks plastic bags and brush woods here to Form a wall structure

Many people here lose their lives due to starvation the ones who survive live like this in the Villages.

To Be Continued.....

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Ali Akbar

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