Mogili

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among the goat-slaughtering celebrations of Chris and I turning 24,
we had the chance to interview and investigate the Mogili Leper Community in Kajo Keji.

the "common" in this community goes further than the loss of fingers, toes, and mobility.

the day's interviews included this quote from Chris that i've thought a lot of since:

"so what you are saying is that this community is completely dependent on the children for everything?
...cooking, building, cleaning, caring for emergencies?
...everything?"

to which the leader replied in his broken english:

"yes, we ol er dependent on children."

it is also important to note that the only medicine access mogili has had since 2001 is to small supplies of basic pain killers that periodically are made available from Uganda.