Happy, but disordered.

Started riding today is not totally without reason. Unfortunately I have to realise again that living in this country is not easy and sometimes horrible! The poverty that is the cause of all  problems, we already know, but the care that it needs is another story. A lot of people come here to participate in a project for a couple of weeks and without these people, this country was already sunk in to the mud, but I realise that this country needs more help then that. If you really want to make a change, you have to get close to the youth, make them see that life can be beautiful and that it’s very important to maintain a positive attitude in spite of a painful and sometimes loveless life. Most children get their affection in the form of a smack or if the are lucky, angry sermon as they do something wrong and thus learn that beating is the best solution! Questions and answers are not often heard, and especially giving positive attention to your child knowing that it usually decreases the child’s aggressive behaviour. I think it’s clear that the youth needs our focus and not the adults since they are already scarfed because of their youth.

I really hope that Mali can see a change in it’s success.

Fortunately the Centre offers a solution for us to actually life next and with the youth, and we can learn how to collaborate and help the Malian population and it’s culture so we can create that change that we are looking for!

I believe the day’s are not yet completed as we want, but we make enough progress to know that we are doing good.

In my opinion it was and still is a beautiful country witch such a rich culture that is far too valuable to be neglected and despite her misery and negativity we can not loose sight of our goal!!