sooo voila! proof! this is me earlier today at the fields where im doing my project. (you cant get a great view of the fields this shot bc i was near the edge) i spent a good 2 hours going back and forth from the water basins to the vegetable plots with water on my head. today i was working with/for aminata mariko - the oldest member of the cooperative. shes 80 and still she works there everyday, twice a day! these women are so strong. it took about 2 hours to do all the watering (with my help) this morning (and i can carry as much if not more than she does), so i imagine it would take about an hour more had i not been there. its so incredible how much these women work!

im on a relatively fast computer right now so im going to try to upload more photos in another post.