Housing
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A normal size village hut is made of mud bricks and a dirty floor. Thatched roof made of straw that will need to be repaired frequently. Which will put the family at a high risk of getting all kinds of diseases attracting insects to come. And held up by wooden pillars. It has no windows nor lights so it will be very dark. On the inside there is a table and and chairs. They have to sleep on the ground and when it rains some of the rain gets into the hut. Poor electricity and road network and poor network sanitation facilities. Wood is usually used for cooking fuel. About 22% of the houses don`t have toilets. Some women apply river clay to the outside of the house for decorating their house.
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Some richer people get better houses made of burnt bricks, concrete or stone walls. An iron sheet or concrete roofs reinforced with straw and sheets of plastic. painted walls a common color for the walls is dark colour on the bottom of the wall and bright on the top part of the wall.
The Houses surroundingThe house's surrounding usually consist that there will have a fenced yard and garden. Most Malawians rely on their crops even if they get allot of income. The Malawians which live near the city do not have a big enough garden so they at their own house. So they return frequently to their family house. Clothes are hung outside on string.
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This house is made of a thatched roof made of straw and walls of mud bricks and you can see the stick it is used for extra support for the roof. With a wooden door and spare wood on the side. For the frequent repairing.
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This house is made of a thatched roof made of straw and burnt clay bricks (because this family is richer than the first house i spoke about.
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This is a village with some small hut and the behind looks like a mountain but it is actually the leader of the villages house the roofs are all made out of straw. The village is in the forest so that it is hidden from other people such as intruders or attackers,spy's and other stuff.