How Do You Say Hello?; 7

Francis I am puzzled. You live in a country whose name is spelled K and why how is it pronounced. K. It's Kenya. Then when I hear people say Kenya they're not correct. Oh President chemist I. Said that. So I will forevermore call your country Kenya. Yes. What is the capital of your country. A couple of my country. Is not alone. Have you ever visited Nairobi. Now I have never visited my dog. I bless. This year do you think you might. Yes. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in cooperation with UNICEF the United Nations Children's Fund presents. How do you say hello. A series of radio programs by

Charles winter about children of the developing countries. How do you say hello today from Kenya. Words and Music. From my new prices with. That team. All right you are 13 years old. What school do you go to Francis in her school. Instead of the seven. What sort of subjects would you study. And standard seven. We study geography history religious knowledge and Swahili. What is your favorite subject. My fifth knowing subject is what the markets. Have you got any brothers or sisters. Francis Yes. The five brothers.

And. One sister. Where did you come. I am. This sad. From my. Closest. Brother. Does that make you number three or number four. Now but three. Everywhere we drive around the area I can see. Hills and valleys but in particular one huge mounds and seems to. Be viewed from every place we stopped. What is the name of the mountain. Mount. Kenya. Mount Kenya. Was the country named after the mountain. The mountain was named after this. Cake. If I were to. Visit places around the area. What would some of the most famous places be that I should see. I might just get one. And that district office. Oh tree tops I think that must be a name that is known right around the world. Could you tell the girls and boys just what tree tops is.

It is just like a hardtail many of his best from the overseas countries. Come to see. That Adam was because if they see enough honest. What do you mean the animals come right up to the hotel. No. The dough is. As high here for people. This there is this beaut odor I have never seen. The hotel is supposed to be built on a tree. Why would the animals come near the tree. They come from the forest. And the salt is poured over the flows so that then most will be a good one. And the sot. And the people in the hotel and always have good clothes. You see many different kinds of animals. It's just about knowing Francis if we were to go to tree tops now would we see the animals now.

Why not. Because this by the sound is very hard and I think you could do used quite bitchy. So if you go into mourning I do that to the best. Thank you guys. YES YES YES YES YES YES BABY. You know I have I may. Still be with you. I'm sitting in the office of Mr. Samuel of karaoke who is the provincial health

inspector for the central province of Kenya. I'm sure the girls and boys in Canada and North America would have heard of the country of Kenya but would know little about it. Could you tell them something about your country. Our country is inhabited by about 90 million people. It does stupid. East Africa. I think we should tell the girls and boys that we're sitting in your office but we haven't yet told them where your office is. We are sitting in front of Kenya. As Mr Kerry you he says this we're looking out his window and there it is right in front of us. We heard or saw about gas. Range of mountains on the western side of of the country and it. Cuts exactly into to the north any part of borders Ethiopia and Somalia

where western Uganda. So if any part of Tanzania be air e.g. an ocean or some part of the. Eastern part. And so the girls and boys if they'd like you could look it up on an Atlas What is the settlement in which your office is from our biggest town is in Miri is a beautiful place so the main thing about a year is that we have the biggest attractive packed and where the tourists come from various pass over the country to see the name was like a left hand. Buffalo and we have the biggest tattoo there with you. There we go with a corrupt setup. What with the main African Tribe B that lives in the miry area the main trade barriers Dick made it clear.

As I look around the areas I have looked around the area I have been very impressed by the progress I see that modern shops the streets the tree lined streets really they're very beautiful. What has been the single most important need over the last 10 years of the ACU you people living around the area. The most important need is what ties priority number one. Well now when you say water is there a scarcity of water here or is it just hard to obtain. It isn't a scarcity of water we have plenty of big Give us a rounding error from there but be arson to Kenya but he is saw is far. And it needs to be brought to the people's homes. How has the water been brought to the homes of the people before the their water was brought to the homes of the people by their mother us cutting it for many of us.

In front of god out there. Teens Why do the mothers carry the water. Why did the mothers carry the water they take care of their water for cooking and for their family to use. Why didn't the fathers carry it. Riley is a customer here. It's a custom Is it the custom then for the woman to do most of the work of this nature in the family. Yes because of the men you trade Deek will be the charm buzz and they do the their behavior to help the oblate fighting it and really look after the the only Morse and or saw Could we see Bill didn't come saw some of the men building. How was it. But what I mean it's got aided by mothers the mothers then take care of most of the needs in the house like water and what firewood.

Yes the responsible for cooking and or looking after the children. Well now it seems to me that Rivers frequently run in valleys and I know that this area of Kenya is as you have said filled with hills and mountains. How far would some of these women have to carry this water. Well from about a quarter of a mile to half a mile away. I mean this might be up and down a steep hillside. Yes some of the places anybody saw is right down in the valley and you have to go down and cut up again claim up steep hills. Do they ever complain. Well. Well maybe they do or they have you know been accustomed of doing this but it is just one of these things that one summary has to be done. The woman you see.

Francis and I have stopped by the side of the road at the exit and I'd never seen valet just in time to hear a bird which you may have heard in the background just now. And Francis has a most interesting tale about this bird Francis. What is the name of that herd of the bad. We will guide these rods for us. What sort of green Do they eat. Mace. No I have heard the weaver bird I haven't yet seen him What does he look like. Looks like like the sound bad. It does. A black cat. Where does the weaver bird build his nest. The do it on the leading edge of the frog. And why is it called the weaver bird. Is it because it believes its nest in a very good way.

Now what about the weaver bird in Africa and in Kenya for Lisa about this. What he used to see Lucy every morning and even before the gods will step children. If he even in Sunday morning the used to shout about it. You mean that I should lose my wristwatch. All I have to do is listen for the weaver bird and he will wake me up or tell me when to go to bed. Is there a coup you name for the bird. Yes if I do. And that's the weaver bird. Francis at the bottom of this valley. On the edge of which we're standing there are two rivers. What are the names of them.

I'd like. China and China. Yes they're very busy rivers rushing with water. Are they important to the people. Yes. Wonderful. When you get water from the rivers but we are standing on the edge of a valley that must be between you know 700 in a thousand feet deep. How do you get the water from the rivers appear. To be cloudy teams. And why do we know what that means. Francis do you mean that you would climb down this almost sheer precipice and carry water back up again. Yes. Well how would you do this what do you carry any We got it we would use to use to make a bomb. Anything he told them on our books and then hung up on no heads how many times might you climb in a day folks. Now Francis. Have you ever carry water

from the river. Yes. Is it a hard job. So hard job. We get very close. Does a woody had worked for a little book here and blamed it on the what. Behold four times a day. Yes. You. Don't. Want. Yes. We are trying hard to rule to educate to be with appreciation to and appreciate the needs of their homes and to get it to them easily accessible. Has your government any plans along this line or yesterday.

Doing quite a lot on the stem and this work. We have had up to them in particular in a scheme or EIB the Government to us involved to pay for. And to the very deuce. What was the name of the scheme again. As I you know scheme and this is a scheme whereby you pipe water. Yes the government provided funds and the UNICEF also helped and the local authority. Why would the government just move into an area and say we're going to put a pipe line here and you're going to use this water or were they trying to enlist the support of the people there faster for the people are educated that they need for Thailand to be with the help tool in the spirit of so help. Me be our doing quite a lot there. How do I best put it particularly after the

dependence the if other people have now come to know how to work together. I have seen the word around the at various places what does that mean. Death means that all the people rock together to uplift of their hairstyle back. Now this water is piped from where and to where if this were a pipe from the highest to part or is a very via is in a vase one of the tributaries of tiny area which come from the IBS would every home then habitat and sink in this zone a scheme every home ice Model 100 a garden and talk. I'm at top and in some homes you have a cut of traffic. And

you have bathrooms. In some of the homes. Do you see a cattle trough. Yes. So that means that not only does this scheme help people it helps the animals as well. The animals have benefited a lot because in the past they used to go down to steep. Their heroes or saw to get water. And the going down and coming up. To a sort of taxing that the mill it was into my to but from the time that the scheme was installed or the. Onion was Norgaard or could down up and down these steep healers. And their drinking right at their doorstep. And B they are producing a lot of milk. And how do the mothers in the area feel now that they don't have to carry a five gallon round

tunes on their backs supported by their foreheads. Oh they are so happy these days that they see that they have thrown our way or they are five God and teens. How do the men feel about it. The fathers or. Other men I think happier that they have their I use. Are no longer going don't agree. To this deep. He used to collect to our time and they of course they have further improved and they're happier they will have their health for improvement. What difference do you think this is made in the lies the children and New York this part of the. Area where the scheme I was being cute. The two didn't have greatly benefited from this water. They have plenty of water. They can clean themselves

their faces they are clean and they are there. The diseases that are associated to weave them. Back toward Tubby. They have for being. Reduced. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah yeah. Yes. I have never seen more beautiful weather. Do you have a rainy season here. Of course we

all march from September to December. Do you like the rainy season. Yes because that's the time for you to flower. As I look as we round this curve it looks to me as there is snow on top of Mount Kenya. Is there snow on the mountain. Yes. Well is the mountain not at the equator. Yes I think with all the mountains at night so I just can my job was to snore I thought. France is in North America when we say hello. We also usually shake hands. Do people shake hands too.

Yes if you have got a lot. He said Boy I think he or she has grown far along as did for without seeing him. You meet him you touch his ALL HOT OH YOU. You reach under the arm of the arm. And that's a greeting after a long journey. Yes having first country America. I thought about it but sometimes it's like when they kiss each other. Yes that's old North American custom to Francis. Now the language is Kikuyu. When you tell me how to say hello

and white oh I'm saying that again please. Why what why go out. Yes. All right Francis. I would I say goodbye to you. No no wait that's oh thank you very much. All right thank you how do I say thank you. Thank you it is almost like THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I've come back with Francis to the school where we picked him up. And standing in the yard and still we can see as we've seen all the time we've been here. Mount Kenya. Over top of us practically. Francis How tall is Mount Kenya. Look it's a boat for they those people high. In the morning. It is on the top of that

of the moat then you see it where you are. But this guy never knew all that he knew the wonted is covered with the clouds. Francis. Would you sing a song for the girls and boys who are listening. Yes and then do it. What song would you like to sing. My grandfather's glow was too low for his chair. My father asked us to toll for the ship so it's too good. So on the floor it was done by David. He was bored and saw his breath. Don't show up now but go on he went.

Yeah he has to be you know deep deep. No Dick but you still. Never. Francis. No wait I knew it. This has been the Ramble words and music program in a radio series by Charles winter entitled How do you say hello. Produced on location by Bill Shaw for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and UNICEF the United Nations Children's Fund. We'd like to thank the boys and girls of school India Arie who sang for us and also the government of Kenya for their hospitality and assistance.

This program was distributed by the national educational radio network.