Water collection
18 Mar 2009 07:20 am
There are several schools around the Mae Sot area which are associated with the Hsa Thoo Lei School and living conditions are very basic. The children are in Thailand without their parents and they have escaped the persecution in Burma and hope that life in Thailand will be better. With no running water at many of these schools and boarding houses, a work schedule ensures that there is always a team of children whose job is to collect the water from the local wells. Then it has to be carried up the steep hill back to the school where it is used sparingly. Everyone knows the importance of water and none is ever wasted. What the children use to bathe is saved and then poured on the garden to keep the vegetables watered and fresh.