I've realised these last couple of days the reality of living in poverty. During the last 6 weeks, although I've seen a lot of deprived places, I don't think I have witnessed real suffering until now. The young boy called Charles, with the infected hand was taken to hospital yesterday. It's impossible to get an accurate account of what happened to him, or about his situation. No one from his family would accompany us to the hospital and we were told his father had 'gone fishing.' We were also told that his mother is not dead, but lives in another village. And no one could tell us how old he was. It's difficult to judge if he has a disability because I don't think he has ever been to school, therefore is not very well developed.
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