Here in the Congo, there is no OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). When we arrived here, we noticed a building was in the process of construction across the street from us. It's three stories high plus a roof with a steep pitch. The workers never wear harnesses or hard hats or even shoes. We have very windy storms sometimes, and they stay up there, clinging to the roof with one hand and working with the other, until the rain drives them down. Yesterday, they were nailing pieces of roofing on and there weren't enough hammers to go around, so one guy was hammering with a piece of 2x4. Some times they sing in Lingala while they work and if we are doing school outside on the porch or have the windows open we can hear it. This is one of the many things here that are hard for me to see. I pray often for their safety, and for their families and salvation. It's not hard to find things to pray for here. When we go places, all I have to do is look out the car window and I see plenty to pray about and plenty of people to pray for. Sort of like prayer-walking only we move faster, though not much.
Oh my, I better not let my husband see this post. He's a stickler for health and safety. Um, is it just the camera angle or is that building not straight?
ReplyDeleteOh, it is definitely not straight. They don't have levels or power tools. They might have plumb lines, but I have never seen them use any, and I have my doubts.
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