When u truly apreciate being a somali !

Good evening tweeps !!
I just returned from 24 hour trip. The trip composed of ride round a whole district. My work was to do some monitoring work for the Ngo (racida). If I may break it down for you, i was assigned to go round the areas where pastoralist families live; and my mission was to meet these people and see if the water or food that was sent to them reached. I was asking them if they benefitted from the water-trucking projects Racida has driven in those areas. the results were a mixture of reactions. They all said that they recieved the water/food that was sent to them, but was not really enough or they simply apreciate the work done but would be glad to see more things coming.
Whatever the reaction was, this trip was one of my best trips i have ever made in ma life ! i met people, got closer to them, felt their problems but could not go beyond the reflection of their sparkling eyes; the environment said one thing; DROUGHT, HUNGER, SUFFERING ! but their eyes said different things. I could see hope in their eyes..their smile was so real that their faces are stuck in ma memories..Wallahi; these people are beautiful..I have seen peole with money in Europe, i have seen them lough or smile..but i swear, what i saw today really astonished me. This people have lost what is the most important thing in their lives; their amimals, but at the same time, they freely joked and loughed, their smile and lough was different from those i have seen before. this was genuine and its authencity is comfirmed by the fact that one gets moved..to be honest; i cant describe my feelings about the meetings with those "poor" people i met today...i dont see them poor since for me poverty is synonymous with gloomy and unhappy faces..
In summary, my experience today has made me feel blessed being a somali..i mean, if in this difficult times, i could share joke with these nomads, this is indeed sumthing to be proud of..