Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world, and that’s exactly what I kept reminding myself when I visited the country with an Islamic Relief USA delegation earlier this year. But no matter how hard I tried to prep myself mentally.

There was nothing that could have prepared me for experiencing life without electricity and running water. It was a different lifestyle. Even the international airport in the country’s capital and most developed city, Bamako, didn’t have running water in the airport’s only bathroom. And that was just the beginning.

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Maasarani, Z. (2010). Overcoming hardship a visitor’s perspective of life in Mali. [Online] Available: http://www.irusa.org/content/uploads/2011/08/Partnership_fall_2010.pdf