Congolese families are practicing selective eat days. They can't afford enough food to feed the entire family everyday. If you are eating today, someone else is not eating.
The story is focused on life in Kinshasa, the capital city. But I know it happens in rural areas for other reasons, too.
Of course, the small ones will fuss. "Yes, sure, they ask for food, but we don't have any," said their mother, Ghislaine Berbok, a police officer who earns $50 a month. There will have been a little bread for them at breakfast, but nothing more.
"At night they will be weak," she said. "Sure, they complain. But there is nothing we can do."
The story is focused on life in Kinshasa, the capital city. But I know it happens in rural areas for other reasons, too.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/world/africa/in-congolese-capital-power-cut-applies-to-food.xml
Today, the big children will eat, Cynthia, 15, and Guellor, 13. Tomorrow, it will be the turn of the little ones, Bénédicte, Josiane and Manassé, 3, 6, and 9.Of course, the small ones will fuss. "Yes, sure, they ask for food, but we don't have any," said their mother, Ghislaine Berbok, a police officer who earns $50 a month. There will have been a little bread for them at breakfast, but nothing more.
"At night they will be weak," she said. "Sure, they complain. But there is nothing we can do."
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