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The Irish Fairies volunteering with fws finished their base-line testing this week. Visiting 77 houses (sheltering around 530 people) in Kesho Leo’s vicinity, the fairies found just a few surprising answers to their consensus-style questionnaire around health, education, and environment… Two neighbours use solar power, one harvests rainwater, many don’t sleep on beds, but on cushions on the floor, very few have reached education levels beyond primary, most eat three meals a day but can’t afford fruit, vegetables or meat, morning meals often consist of tea and milk, all used outdoor pit latrines, many suffered from short-sightedness without having glasses, many children suffered from infections for years (as opposed to a few days), several spoke no English or Swahili, the national language, (but Maasai). The Fairies will compile a report which will be available on the fws website in a few weeks.