Spending Time with the Marginalized
Today will be very special and I think rather difficult. We are going to spend time with a small community of Rwandan folk known as the Batwa. They have always been hunters and gatherers who lived in the forests of this equatorial country. The country of Rwanda faces enormous population challenges and so the Batwa have seen their home, the forests, dramatically reduced. Hopefully we will have some time to visit a pottery project and maybe we will have a time for picking up some gifts to bring home.
The afternoon will find us learning about how the marginalized receive medical treatment from traditional healers who run their “clinics”. Our tour leader has written, “You can judge for yourself how their skills and experience might fit in modern systems of healthcare.”
By the time this day is ended I imagine I will be longing for the creature comforts of home and looking forward to spending a weekend in my backyard. Oh yes—it is Friday! Enjoy your weekend!
Ben Keckler
08.22.08
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