My dad is currently in Africa (Kenya, specifically) working with small business leaders. You can follow along on his blog, but I got this little snippet from an email he sent our family.
The line about them smiling, that’s what got me.
…I thought I had seen indescribable poverty before today, then we visited a different school in an even worse area that had a classroom in one room and 150 chickens in the room right beside it—just amazing. 500 kids all smiling and having a great time—36 of them orphans, most of them with parents unable to pay anything to send them. They are getting their only good meal at the school…
Chuck Blakeman, Smiling