In rural areas 85 percent of babies will die from dirty water used in formula. I know what they are trying to do, and I applaud the effort. But you don't need a medical degree to figure out which of those odds to take. All you really have to do is take a walk down the red dust roads near Kakulu. There are no toilets and few outhouses.
People live literally from day to day.
Water from still pools, the birthplace of malarial mosquitoes, is often used to drink because its so far to walk to the well. We try to boil the water, but sometimes we don't. Outside, a man is raking about 50 pounds of coffee for bad beans. Nearly a dozen children, mostly naked, play in the yard. Two months ago she gave birth to the ninth of her children, all of whom are still alive.