The
summer holiday started three weeks ago and many students have free time after a
long busy academic year.
Many of
our students parents are farmers and the summer is the season of harvesting
rice, peanuts and corn. Our students from farming families who live in the
remote mountainous areas face challenges farming. Due to the natural
environment the paths are steep and sometimes muddy, resulting in them having
to walk at least four hours to their farm in the forest. Consequently they stay
there for two to seven days during harvesting. They bring food, water, pans,
pots and tents. After harvesting, they then have to carry all their produce on
their back down to the main road where they can get help to transport their
produce home.
They work so hard, but their
crops give them satisfaction in the end if there has not been any natural
disasters.
(Photos:
our scholarship student working on the family farm in the forest, and on the
way to her farm)
