What’s inside the house?
Having visiting a number of latrines and kitchens, both separate structures I was very excited to finally have an opportunity to get inside the home. There were no surprises really – some people had living room furniture, others just had simple stools. The rooms were small and dark – the shutters were usually closed.
The walls were decorated with calendars, political posters and articles cut out from the newspaper. There weren’t any personal photos. The living room is also a work space for shelling beans and doing homework. There was often a shelf for stacks of papers and a sideboard for storing things.
The bedrooms were tiny, with a pallet on the floor in most cases and a clothes line. Clothes were draped in layers over the line. No closets, no bureaus but turquoise mosquito nets – similar to the clinic. In some cases the dirt floors were actually shiny from sweeping over time. 
The photo above was in a previous posting on CHW household vistis. The photo on the right is a also living room, in this case the walls are decorated with posters and drawings done for homework assignments including one on the digestive system. I remember doing the same assignment in 6th grade. Below is another detail of a decorated wall.
