Forgot to write this in the last post...as we were leaving after our
second visit we noticed a bunch of the baby house workers, including the
director and doctor, walking from one of the outbuildings back into the
baby house carrying plastic grocery sacks. The sacks seemed fairly
heavy and Jim noticed that they were first weighing things on a scale on
the sidewalk before carrying them inside. I thought maybe it was a
load of potatoes or something and they were weighing out portions for
the kitchen, although why they wouldn't just do that in the kitchen I
couldn't figure out. Then this guy got out a big hatchet knife and
started hacking away and we realized it was some kind of raw meat. By
this time Vera arrived and we asked her what was up. She said that she
heard they had bought a whole cow at the bazaar (you can buy an entire
butchered cow or sheep) and were dividing it up. It is more economical
that way and I guess the babyhouse pays for the cow so the workers don't
have to pay for the meat at the time of purchase--the wages on their
next paycheck will be garnished (no pun intended) to pay for their
share.
Kind of like FICA.
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