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Mission Bite #246
Caesar makes about $55 a month. He is a guard that watches over someone else's property and stuff. Six days a week and about 12 hours a day he sits and guards. His salary supports his wife and two kids. One day recently he again asked me for a small loan. In trying to help him become more sustainable we examined his budget. $30 a month on rent. $25 a month on food. He started to list other expenses and I stopped him and said you've already reached your total income. He looked down and kind of shrugged. We talked about him returning to his rural village to try to survive there. He didn't want to go yet. In early June COVID began hitting Uganda hard. Everything is again in lockdown. How will Caesar and his family survive on his salary? Now that Uganda is in lockdown they can't return to his village. I am continually amazed at how people survive on so little. And amazed that when Caesar is off on a Sunday he will be in church.
-Jade Acker, CBF field personnel serving in Kampala, Uganda
César gana alrededor de $ 55 al mes. Él es seguridad privado; vigila la propiedad de otra persona. Seis días a la semana y unas doce horas al día se sienta y vigila. Su salario mantiene a su esposa y dos hijos. Un día, recientemente, volvió a pedirme un pequeño préstamo. Para tratar de ayudarlo a que sus finanzas sean más ajustadas a sus ingresos, examinamos su presupuesto. $ 30 mensuales de alquiler. $ 25 al mes en comida. Comenzó a enumerar otros gastos y lo detuve y le dije que ya acabó con todos sus ingresos. Miró hacia abajo y se encogió de hombros. Hablamos de que regresara a su aldea para intentar sobrevivir allí, pero no quería irse. A principios de junio, el COVID-19 comenzó a golpear duramente a Uganda. Todo está nuevamente cerrado. ¿Cómo sobrevivirán César y su familia con su salario? Ahora que Uganda está cerrada por cuarentena, no pueden regresar a su aldea. Continuamente me sorprende cómo la gente sobrevive con tan poco. Y más me sorprende que cuando César tiene libre un domingo, va a la iglesia.
-Jade Acker, CBF field personnel serving in Kampala, Uganda