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Students at WISDOM
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| Family | Many two-parent homes, 1-4 children, no other relatives living in home. | In this community, few two-parent homes; one or both parents have died (orphan or double orphan); orphaned children live with relatives or with neighbor. Children have many siblings, families have 6-8 children |
| Entertainment | Toys, video games, movies, concerts, water recreation, athletic events | Toys that they make from materials they find (empty plastic bottles, wire, bottle caps, waste paper) |
| House | Secure home with brick walls, windows, doors, garage, roof | Home built with mud blocks, thatched or tin roof secured with rocks on top to hold it down, window openings (not glass windows) |
| Living spaces | Many rooms | One or two rooms in house |
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| Bedroom | Own room or share with one sibling | Everyone sleeps in one room - parents and several siblings |
| Bed | Own bed, sheets, blanket, bedspread | mat or foam on floor - no sheets, etc. |
| Electricity, electronics | Electric lights, TV, computer, cell phone, video games, electronic tablet/ereader | No electricity, no TV, no cell phone, computer, no tablets, no video games; dependent on natural light |
| Kitchen | Fridge, oven, microwave, cooktop, sink with faucet | No fridge, no microwave, no cooktop, no sink or running water, water is carried from a community water well, cook on charcoal fire in house or outside, food is acquired daily from own garden or local market |
| Food | many choices, eat out often | very limited options, all cooked at home, Shema main dish (flour and water cooked into a mushy consistency, like mashed potatoes consistency), rice, greens, very little protein, some local fruits and vegetables, no sodas, very little candy |
| Bathroom | Own bathroom or share with sibling | No plumbing, no shower, no tub, no toilet (outdoor latrine), bath in bucket or river |
| Clothes | Many clothing items, more than one pair of shoes | Most people have two sets of clothes, one to wear and one to wash, clothes are used (heavily used), bought from vendors (our Goodwill clothes that don’t sell are shipped over there and re-sold); one pair of shoes, may not fit, heels or toes may be cut out to make shoes fit |
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| Transportation | Cars, boats, trains, public transportation | Most walk everywhere, no cars, families use public buses in nearby community, or walk, a few bicycles for transportation (not for recreation), |
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