How Hungry Are You?

In the few months before we left the States, I would often receive calls from contractor-friends of mine who were out of work and searching for the next job. The recession had not been good for folks in our industry. The phrase that I heard quite often from these contractors was “we're hungry.” “Do you know of any jobs we could bid on? Me and my guys are hungry.” It's a figure of speech in the United States, but hunger is a reality here in Sudan. The World Food Program has donated food to our bridge project as compensation for labor. If any of you contractor friends of mine are still hungry, we have plenty of work out here. One milk can of sorghum plus good measures of sugar and tea is the going rate for a week of work. Let me know.