Global Village in US Teaches People about Worldwide Poverty | Voice of America - English
A development group, Dr. Hauschka, a skin care company in the U.S. eastern state of Massachusetts. She is originally from South Africa. Mirran and other managers are staying overnight in the global village where they are playing the roles of people who live in a Zambian hut, a Guatemalan house and urban shacks in Zimbabwe.  Some of the participants are "pregnant" and will give birth before morning. They are wearing a white apron containing a balloon filled with water.
The following morning several people say their experience gave them food for thought. "The extremity of what it might be like to live in conditions kind of like this but without any kind of hope," Geoffrey Rice said. He is director of Creative Services. "Realizing how incredibly resourceful you have to be to survive when you don't have a lot," said Vicki Baum-Hommes . She is director of Human Resources. "I got a clear sense of the abundance that I truly have." added Jill Price Marshall, the Public Relations Manager. And the good news for Tony is that his baby is alive and well. "The whole group took care of him," Graves said. "He never left our site and he's doing good this morning." Participants in the group say they realized because of the difficulties people in this position face, it is important to have support from the community.