In the field...

The well built by ADPP

A woman working

Onion in the field

The alphabetization programme between the group of women

On the past week i went with Gastão to visit some of the women's groups of vegetable gardens in the small villages. To go there we travelled by moto in sand roads where only donkeys and bicycles go by. The tabancas are far from city centers and people live a modest and simple life with poor conditions and means. ADPP promotes the construction of vegetables gardens to improve their nutrition and also their economic state. Helping the women to organize themselves in groups, providing seeds, material to work and technical support our promotors create new possibilities for these people. Besides that it also started in some groups an alphabetization programme that gives the opportunity to these women to learn to write and read. One time a week a teacher from the village gives them classes. They are shy before the new knowledge but curious and happier to gain it.

In these villages they work hard to provide food for all family and eventhough the long days their smile isn't smaller or weaker. On the opposite, they celebrate the fact of the new open well has water. The women work all day on the sun, sometimes with the child on their back, having only one meal during that time. It's impossible not ot recognize their huge courage and nobility. In my humble strength i try to help a little bit...