Then the reality check knocked me on the head. I myself had generated plastic since being here and it was quietly being dealt with in one of those 3 ways by the family. Shit.

There I was, encircled by 50 zealous children, clearing a few feet above them, in all my whiteness, reading about Jesus, Mary and Lazarus.

I am free falling, deep into a pit of despair. What the fuck have we done? And this time I don’t just mean what has the white man done to Africa but what has man done to itself?

I’ve seen some shit in my life…I’ve seen poor. But this bus took the cake for the worst condition I’ve ever seen.