This week we had a guest speaker from Uganda. He was very kind, and he talked about the bike frames he made. His bikes aren’t completely made out of metal though. Instead he used bamboo. He talked about how it is the fastest growing grass in the world. As is can grow up to one feet in twenty-four hours. That would be seven feet a week!
He is also helping people back in Uganda by this. In the hospitals in Uganda there is a shortage of staff members. Resulting to a female member of the family to take care of the person who is in the hospital.These people are not trained or experienced on how to take care of that person, and may not know how to treat the person’s needs. Now every morning people will ride on the bamboo bikes, and take medication, and food to the hospital. They will also give classes on how to treat the person in the hospital!
questions
- Why do the females need to take care of the people?
- How many bikes go to the hospital in a day?
- Which type of bamboo do they use for the bikes?