Wells vs Almond trees
Image via Wikipedia The American military spent countless billions of dollars to do all kinds of stuff—much of it quite good—in an effort to win over the Afghan people , but in the end, there’s little positive to show for it. While Kay Storr was in North Africa researching her book Harvest of Hope , she visited an ancient Berber village to see their new modern well. A representative of the European organization that headed up the project spoke of the many, many months it took to get the villagers onboard. Workers visited each family —sitting with them, meeting everyone from the grandpa to the baby, talking about the crops and hopes for the children’s future. The workers brought toothbrushes and toothpaste and taught the children to brush their teeth, Something they could do with abandon once they had plenty of water . After she admired the new well, and each feature was demonstrated to her by the swarm of children who followed her everywhere, th...