The Little Things

It's a commonly held belief that the United States spends a large portion of its budget on foreign assistance. The truth is that less than 1% of the federal budget goes to foreign aid, but that small amount can do some very big things.

While on the site visits in Isfara, we stopped at a bakery where AID helped local women learn a trade by providing an oven. For the price of this oven, more than 20 women learned how to bake a variety of products, enabling them to earn extra income. In truth, this oven will allow many women in this village to learn the trade for years to come. The woman in the picture is the instructor, and she is describing the capabilities of the oven to the deputy mayor. We ended up having two lunches that day, so I couldn't sample as many of the baked goods as I would have liked, but what I had was great.