The other side of the world

The other side of the world is home to Mary, Joanna and Besi

It is a beautiful hillside village with views to die for. The sunrises are as amazing especially through the mist over the hills. It is a place of peace tranquillity and you can lose yourself in the hills for hours on end, time becomes immaterial in this place.
This is an unusual African village because you are unlikely to find those starving children with flies on their faces as seen on television. There is a lot of food here, carrots, onions, bananas, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, coffee etc. The soil is fertile and you can grow almost everything here.
The people are incredibly welcoming too, they will easily put on an instant performance (traditional dance and song normally) to show how happy they are to welcome you. They will feed you on the best treats their land has to offer.
Because of the altitude this place has fewer mosquitos than the low lying places. But the downside is the lack of clean water; this is not something for to worry about though. Besi and the others will go fetch the water regardless of the distance they have to travel and boil it on an open fire to ensure that it is safe for you to use.
There is nothing much here by way of jobs for Besi Mary and Joanna to and the only skills they have from which they can earn an income is basket weaving. They would like to earn an income by teaching other women in village how to weave baskets. This is possible and as soon as the training centre is finished they will be well on their way to financial independence.
Something else about this is place, the average is 47 years, I am not 47 yet but I can’t believe that anyone aged 47 years would be considered elderly