The Arrival - The 2nd Village - Balogun.
We crossed paths with a young fisherman
Esosa Ojomo - Snr (PSH Volunteer). Crossing the river.
Femi Owoyemi - PSH Volunteer
As we arrived, we found some women doing laundry.
Life as they know it.
Our world is too affluent for this to exist.
Clean Water, Decent Sanitary Systems, Electricity, Healthcare, and Daily Meals... these are all luxuries they cannot afford.
Femi and Efosa - PSH Volunteers
Boiling palm fruit to extract palm oil. It is a major source of income for this village.
Going to wash clothes at the river
They typically have to walk at least a couple of miles with this on their heads. Imagine what happens if it tips over.
Let us simply help those we can with the modest resources we have.
Extreme Poverty is not bigger than us. Nothing is.
Kids, Buckets, Water, Walking, Miles. Life... as they know it.
We might not change the world. But we will change at least one life.
...and then another.
Fisherman off to fish. Kids off to fetch.
The Fisherman's apprentice.
Mothers... Daughters... Sisters... Wives... but most importantly, People... just like us.
Goats
The hallway/storage of a house with many rooms.
PSH Volunteers walking to one of their water sources
During the rainy season, people get water from here. They use alum to "purify" the water. This should not be.
Water source for 1.1 billion people in our world. We can fix this.
Palm Trees
Oil, Pot, Firewood, Cooking.
Women peeling casava.
Father... Daughter... Love.
A humble abode
Life. Love. Hope.
Elders... and a youngster
One word - Beautiful.
Femi Owoyemi (PSH Volunteer) and The Kids.
He wants to grow up to fix cars
Before she saw us.
After she saw us
Shy... Beautiful... Lovely.
As people, extreme poverty should bother us. As Africans, it should hurt.
His name is Ambassador - It's what we had to call him.
He helped us get across the river.
Ambassador and Efosa Ojomo (PSH Volunteer)
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand. Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC]
The Commissioner for Special Projects visited the village.
Group Picture at the Construction Site of their new hand pump well for water.
Poverty Stops Here!
Femi Owoyemi, Edefe Ojomo, Efosa Ojomo, Isaac Afolabi - PSH Volunteers.
Going back home after a long day.
Life
It is within us to not only hope, but to act upon that which we hope for in order to achieve the much needed change we seek.
