It is backbreaking work. They fill a huge ceramic jug with water and carry it on their heads. Lots of children were with us. All the girls, even the littlest, helped carry water. I was even asked to carry a jug.
Division of labor starts very young.
Nine people live in this compound. Dinner consisted of millet and a sauce. I was given a bowl and spoon - that I accepted. Everyone else ate with their hands - making balls with the millet that they dipped in the sauce. Charles and Julian speak French well and translate for the others.