Jean in Poole wrote>This is one of the reasons why it's thought best to install a communal tap in villages in Africa to improve the lives of the women who used to have to walk miles to get water rather than try to give individual houses their own water supply. The younger ones learn all sorts of things from the older ones by listening to the older ones talking while they're queuing to fill their water vessels>
Traditionally the young girls go to fetch water and the boys then watch the girls and decide who they would like to marry. Most attempts to establish water tanks at houses have been sabotaged by the young men because it interferes with a major part of their entertainment! I do not know how the young girls feel about the situation! Jeanette Fischer, Western Cape, South Africa. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
