Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Days 5-6: Work and Mwatex

The Nyakato Clinic where I am working is located on a plot of land bordering a textile factory called MWATEX. No scrubbers to clean the smoke and the chimney is fairly low, given the density of the smoke and the amount of crap the chimney pukes up every day.

Here's a taste. This is a view from the clinic. Where sick people are breathing.... And yes, lots of respiratory illness cases at the clinic. Just a random correlation, I guess!View from the worksite at the Patricia Ward (under construction), on a different day. As the ward is being painted inside you can literally see the soot settle on the first coat of paint.
The funny thing is they sell the fabric mostly in India, so local ideas to boycott the textile factory have pretty much died out.

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