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From the village of Nawanatau you can seeMount Moroto. The mountain providescharcoal, firewood, grazing, stones and manyother things that people earn a living from. Theheavy rain we’ve had recently means that thegrazing for livestock is very good at the moment.There used to be fighting between the Tepethand the Matheniko on Moroto Mountain. At themoment there is peace.When we arrived in Nawanatau it wasearly morning and a lot of theyouth were washing. Some of the teammembers joined them. They made friendswhile washing together and they werethen willing to tell us all about their place.The place they were washing in is meantfor watering livestock, but it gives refreshmentto the herders as well.We met a strong energetic youth – he saidhe survived through laziness. We met alame man, who made bows and arrowsand got a wife.NawanatauLotirir Parish“After our cows were stolen I startedto sell waragi. Slowly that business isgiving me enough profits so I can buysome goats. Slowly I am building back up.”38
The lame man was a challenge to the lazy man. The lame man is Akol Longorikwang. He told us,“When I was born I was walking properly, I was not lame like you see me now. I becamedisabled at the age of three when I fought with our neighbour’s child. The mother ofthe child I fought with became angry and she slapped me on the buttocks. Immediately after the slap, I felt sleepy.I went to sleep, but on waking up, I found my legs and waist paralysed. I could not walk normally from that day.When I grew old enough, I could see my age mates going for cattle raiding and coming home successful. Somewould go to town for casual labour and come home with money for their families. I envied them. All this workmy friends were doing was not possible for me. I tried to think of how to earn money, but all the optionsseemed difficult to me.As I sat alone under the tree, I saw some metal and a nail. I also saw a stone and got interestedin it. I thought of a hammer for shaping this metal. It is through this stone and metalthat I saw an opportunity. I decided to make knives and bow arrows to sell. My knives werebought mostly by women and my arrowheads by men. They became my way of survival. Theymade me able to marry my wife and they even took my children to school.Time came when one of my sons finished Primary Seven, but I did not have enough money totaking him to secondary level. I took him to the District Education Officer, Abul Paul, to ask forsupport. He saw my situation and took my request positively. The rest of my children are in primaryschool. Some go with their mother for charcoal burning and some go to town for casual labour.I do not buy these metals, I just collect the waste metals I find around the homesteads and make the bestuse of them. That is my way of living and survival.”39
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