Dell's Dam

After a short drive we pull off the main road and take a short drive down a bumpy path. On the side of the road we can see irrigation canals made from concrete. We get out of the trucks at a dam with a big “Dell” logo on it complete with the angled “E”. The dam has concrete pillars. Sheets of corrugated steel get slid between the steel during the dry season to catch water, which is then diverted into the aqueduct. The aqueduct is only about a foot wide and a foot deep. It’s a basic, but cool system.

We walk along the aqueduct and up at a field where a man (and an ox) is plowing a field. Two young children are sitting on a rock nearby. The boy, about three has snot smeared between his nose and mouth. There are a dozen flies on his face, mostly, it would seem, feeding on the mucus. Most of the things I’d seen so far had reminded me of how fortunate we are. This was the first real “Africa” moment. It was very sad.