Third World Slum Theme Park - Global Village

0:02 Welcome everyone. I'm coming to you

0:02 today from Georgia, a very small little

0:04 town by the name of Americus. Right

0:07 behind me in the parking lot I am

0:09 sitting in is the Habitat for Humanity.

0:12 They have created a center that some

0:15 like to call, some websites like to call

0:18 a slum theme park. I don't really know

0:21 if it is a theme park, but it is themed.

0:25 And what is it themed around, you ask?

0:28 It's themed around the living conditions

0:30 of people in third world countries that

0:34 have it way less fortunate than we do.

0:37 Even when we consider ourselves poor, in

0:39 the grand scheme of things, if you're

0:40 watching a video on YouTube, you have

0:43 some sort of device which makes you rich

0:45 in comparison to a lot of people in

0:47 third world countries. So, leave it to

0:50 Habitat for Humanity who builds homes in

0:53 over 90 countries around the world. They

0:56 are the experts on living conditions of

0:59 other countries. So, let's take a look

1:02 inside their facility. Let's check it

1:04 out. Join me, shall you?

1:27 Sometimes I get a little wear when I

1:29 have to sleep in my van and I travel

1:30 around. But places like this really put

1:33 into perspective of how good we have it,

1:36 how good I have it, how blessed I truly

1:39 am. I'm really looking forward to seeing

1:41 what is behind these gates and behind

1:44 this facility, the world they have

1:46 created for us. I don't know what to

1:48 expect.

1:50 So, let's go check it out.

2:25 As you can see, they've actually

2:25 recreated out here a lot of the living

2:27 situations, but a lot of people in other

2:30 countries

2:58 a lot of people are being forced to deal

2:58 with on a daily basis.

4:40 One of the thoughts I have as I'm

4:41 walking around out here is a lot of this

4:44 looks like a lot of the videos I've done

4:46 in the past of abandoned places, places

4:48 that have been left to rot and no one is

4:51 living at them, completely empty and

4:53 abandoned. However, this is a recreation

4:56 of someone's home. Someone would

4:59 actually reside here. An adult would

5:01 sleep here, a child down there. You can

5:04 see the Mickey Mouse blanket and sheets.

5:07 This would be someone's entire living

5:10 home and doicile.

5:13 It's pretty mind-blowing when you think

5:14 of that and how blessed most of us are

5:18 to have something

5:20 a little bit better than this.

5:46 What you're looking at is a recreation.

5:46 However, in case you were thinking that

5:49 maybe this was not a reality, here's an

5:52 actual picture.

5:55 That's reality.

6:00 You can see the bricks here made out of

6:00 mud and clay. I'm guessing, of course,

6:03 in every community you have to have

6:05 businesses.

6:06 This would be like one of the local

6:08 grocery stands would look like. You see

6:10 the rice and beans and the fruit sign.

6:13 Of course, you can also get

6:14 strawberries.

6:44 Take a look at the classroom.

6:44 Students would sit there at that table,

6:47 learn how to write

6:53 based on those graphs and those charts,

6:54 paper pamphlets on the wall.

7:47 Just imagine if that was your bed,

7:47 having to climb that and just wedge

7:49 yourself in that little area right up

7:52 there.

8:04 The creaky roofs, the wind's blowing,

8:04 giving a little ambiance

8:19 very frail

8:19 wooden shell of a building.

8:37 Look at that bumblebee.

8:37 That big bumblebee.

8:39 I'm a bumblebee.

9:08 Now, we're going to actually venture out

9:08 of the recreation of the slum area and

9:11 into the area where Habitat for Humanity

9:14 has actually recreated homes that they

9:17 have actually built.

9:39 This is very very cool. They've given me

9:39 this passport book. So if you come out

9:41 here, you can get a passport global

9:44 village book also and you can actually

9:46 stamp your passport.

10:44 We are now venturing into Africa and the

10:44 Middle East.

11:03 That must be a mosquito net cuz the

11:03 mosquitoes are so bad that you probably

11:05 wouldn't be able to get a good night's

11:07 sleep without that draped over you.

11:42 It's pretty accurate compared to the

11:42 photo the actual photo

11:45 looks a lot like the one they've

11:46 recreated here.

12:12 As far as I can tell, this is what a

12:12 schoolhouse in Africa would look like.

12:15 Outside, you got the benches.

12:48 Do you know what the answer is. What is

12:48 the population of Ghana?

12:53 I'm asking you, do you know?

12:56 I've got to admit, this place is a lot

12:58 more fantastic than I thought it would

13:00 have been.

14:42 I keep waiting to go in one of these

14:42 rooms and see someone laying on the bed.

14:45 Ah, actually

14:49 pretty nice.

14:51 Pretty nice.

14:54 I can take a little nap right now.

14:57 See you guys.

15:00 See you guys later.

15:02 I'm going to take a little snoozy.

15:06 40 wakes.

15:22 Ow. I just hit my head on that.

15:22 I just cracked my head on that. That's

15:24 how tall I am or how short that door is.

15:28 Ah, my skull.

16:44 This one actually happens to be up on

16:44 stilts. Probably because of the water

16:46 level in that country. You can see the

16:49 flag decorating the walls

16:52 and the living conditions.

16:55 Very cool. Very cool that they did this.

16:57 This is the last house out here. A

17:01 recreation of what they have done in

17:03 multiple countries themed. The slums are

17:06 themed and what they have helped create.

17:09 Habitat for Humanity has helped create.

17:13 Awesome.

17:26 Oh, there you go. Up on stilts. Look at

17:26 that.

17:29 It's now time for my very last stamp in

17:31 my passport. Ready?

17:41 Every country has been achieved out

17:41 here. There you have it, everyone. and

17:43 thanks for joining me out here at

17:44 Habitat for Humanities Global Village in

17:47 Americas, Georgia. If you're ever in

17:49 this area, stop in, go over to the

17:51 welcome center, donate a few dollars. I

17:54 think that they're asking for a $4 or $5

17:56 donation, donate the five bucks, walk

17:59 through. You can definitely get some

18:00 good picture opportunities. But even

18:02 more exciting than that and more

18:04 heartfelt

18:06 than that is the fact that you can see

18:08 how other people other than us live and

18:11 what Habitat for Humanity is doing for

18:14 them and helping out, helping out

18:16 society, putting good back into the

18:18 world. Thanks for watching and I'll see

18:20 you guys in the next video. Have a great

18:22 day. Bye.

18:31 Oh man, there's one missing.

18:31 Someone has stolen the stamp from the

18:33 Congo.

18:35 What is my passport going to do next?

18:38 Oh, wait. They've already pre-stamped it

18:41 at the office. Awesome.

Third World Slum Theme Park - Global Village

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