Design that Matters Field Journal

Malian Miracle Diet

Want to shed those pounds fast? Just drink some unfiltered water! The sights of Mali and its people are absolutely incredible, but for me, being sick for the past couple days is the most I have experienced what peoples lives must be like. I am in the best possible conditions that most Malians could hope for, eating the best food and staying in one of the nicest houses in the area. For the past few days all I have thinking is that toilet paper comes directly from God and that heaven is my moms kale soup. All of us have felt sick at least once on the trip, but we get to go home, and i have insurance. I didnt know that "drink coke" could mean "don't contract dysentary" because it is bottled in some gleaming factory far away. I didnt know that the life expectancy here is 48 or that people can just learn to live with malaria.