Burkina Trip, part 6: Widows' Garden

After visiting the infants, we headed to a plot of land where a Widows' Garden is being prepared.  In Burkina, widows are typically left to fend for themselves.  In addition to orphans, the Bible commands us to take care of widows, and that's the plan for this plot of land.

Can you tell how big it is?

These men are being paid to prepare the land and have dug several wells for watering within the garden.  When it's ready, each widow will have a section to grow crops for herself, her family, and possibly to sell/trade.
These boys were following us. I'm not sure they'd ever seen white people before!  Troy shared some cashews with them and snapped a quick picture.

The umbilical hernia on the boy on the right is really common in Burkina.  I'm not sure what makes it more common there than here, but when a child has that here, parents almost always opt to correct it.