How Did Alice Help The Poor?

Once upon a time there was a woman named Alice living in urban Uganda. She was young, newly married, and trying to start a family. Alice married a very wealthy man, so she got everything she wanted. They were happy together and lived in a big, beautiful house in a nice area. Alice didn’t have to work, so she spent most of her days in her garden or spending time with her friends. Although she had an abundance of money, Alice was a very selfish woman. She did not care about the poor or the sick, so she did nothing to help them. She absolutely refused to visit any rural areas because they were not up to her standards.

One day, when her husband came home from work, Alice greeted him excitedly at the door and exclaimed, “I’m

pregnant!” He was ecstatic and said, “You will receive the best prenatal and maternal care that Uganda has to offer.” Luckily, they lived in Kampala, the city with the largest hospital in the country. The next day, while sitting in her garden, Alice noticed a large white rabbit eating her flowers. She went to shoo him out of the garden, but he just hopped all over the place. She chased him all around, until she fell into a hole!
Alice kept falling down and down the dark hole for what felt like eternity, until she awakened in a house made from mud. She cried out for help until the rabbit appeared and said, “Welcome home.” Alice was horrified. The house was tiny and filthy; her clothes were ragged and dirty. She went outside, and the only roads were made from dirt, the only buildings were made from mud, and dirty animals were roaming around. Alice had been transported to Katine, a poverty-stricken, rural Ugandan village.
Alice’s husband was the same man, but dirty and poor because he farmed to support the two of them. Depressed, Alice spent her days tending her cow and running after every rabbit she saw in hopes of returning to her former life. Two months into her new life, Alice’s husband contracted malaria, due in part to the village’s lack of vaccines. There was not a doctor in their village, so he almost died. Luckily, volunteer workers saved his life. He couldn’t work, so they barely got by.
Consequently, Alice was unable to receive prenatal care because of their lack of money and the shortage of healthcare workers. She suffered throughout her pregnancy due to preeclampsia. When the time came to give birth, Alice had no choice but to have her baby at home without the assistance of a doctor or midwife. The baby was born prematurely, and because Alice could not access proper care, the baby tragically died shortly after birth.
A heartbroken Alice went to sleep that night, and something miraculous happened! When she awoke, she was back in her original house. She jumped out of bed and truly appreciated her home for the first time. No time had passed since her strange journey. “Was it all just a dream?”, she asked herself. Whether it was real or not, Alice was forever changed. She finally understood how rural Ugandans suffered. From that point on, she was sympathetic to everyone who struggled, and she always did her best to help. She donated plenty of her clothes and money to rural villages, and even volunteered to provide healthcare. Alice gave birth to a healthy baby, who she raised to always be generous and kind. She and her family lived happily ever after, and saved many lives along the way.