POV: A Bed Made of Reeds: The Quiet Reality for Many Children in Rural Africa

When the sun disappears beyond the hills of rural villages in East Africa, night falls quickly. Fires dim, homes quiet down, and families settle in to rest. For millions of children, however, bedtime looks very different from what most of us imagine. There are no mattresses. No soft blankets. Sometimes, not even a bed. Instead, many children sleep directly on the ground, using dried papyrus reeds…