While we were volunteering at Miambo Lodge, we had the priviledge of meeting and visiting with a nearby homestead family. Homesteads are family plots of land that have gardens, livestock, and a number of small huts, some used for storage of grain, some used as sleeping quarters, a kitchen, etc... Most people that live on homesteads are poorer subsistence farmers and their extended families. The family that we visited, allowed us to walk around their homestead, and ask them questions. They are very poor by our standards, but are happy that they have land, some food, and each other. The girl in the middle, Primrose, wove the baskets and hats. She sells them when she can. This is an outside view of the homestead. The nearest water for this family is over a 2 kilometer walk away! Every day, the ladies carry buckets 2 kilometers to the well, and then carry full buckets home, empty them in a barrel, and start the journey again. They said they make trips back and forth to the well all day long. So, one day, we piled them all in the truck and drove them to the well. We helped them pump the water, and it's a lot of work! It takes a good five minutes of pumping before the water even starts to flow. We had a lot of fun fun with them though. They had wonderful senses of humor and we all did a lot of laughing!