Dear AbyssiniaLady
as i am expert economist i have few suggestion how to improve live in Afar.
when Allah Give u salt use it to build ur house.. i see the house is very destitute hut.. u can change that by using salt to build ur house. the advantage of the salt house is inside it would be much cooler then the outside ...
making salt block also is good for transportation and can be easily made using machine አሞሌ ከስሩ የጨው ጡብም በዛው መንገድ መስራት ይቻላሉ ትንሽ ማሻሻያ አርገው።
first thing u do is make salt block the rest is just build your own using the salt block mind u u dont need cement all u need is make the salt block interlock to each other ..
next cook ur food with solar cooker u dont need wood .. this solar cooker cook just like regular cooker with in 30 minute may be in Afar 20 minute ..
i am even thinking about how to capture water that evaporate from salt water .. and help them to provide them with drinking water and speed up salt conversion..
i am not even done if u see the million dollar house where she sing outside .. that house if u see have more then two A/c i count so it might have more this all could have been avoided if the house is built with salt block ..
another advantage of salt block is can be used as storage no food will be spoiled stored inside salt .. when i said salt block is totally different then አሞሌ... salt block made from high pressure press but the idea is the same...