Like I said, we had many field trips during our 2nd week in Cambodia... to see more of what HOPE does! So, one day, we got to join in one of HOPE/DFP's village training sessions on rice farming
The facilitator explaining all the steps and techniques for good rice farming..
Pech, one of the HOPE staff, translating for us everything going on
With some good seeds (see my last post about this), and good training, from about 2.5 tonnes of rice per hectare, farmers are now able to harvest up to about 6 tonnes per hectare… and up to 3 crops per year instead of 1 for the farmers who have been able to start growing Dry Season Rice. Pretty darn amazing.
And then, a little later - post-training - we got to join all the villagers to the demonstration field to put what we’d learned into practice… (trans)planting rice seedlings! Out we go to the field!
Our field... / muddy puddle...
Seedings, ready to plant!
Hikin' up the shorts & gettin' in there!
Planting the seedlings, all in a row (with a cheater learning line to make sure they're straight! :) )
Look at all the rice we've planted.. one of 4 fields! It'll be ready for harvest in about 100 days (~3 months)!
Many hands make the work quick! :)
Even making our way to the field... is muddy work!
But… somehow, one of us barangs got a little muddier than others… but a LOT more laughs from the locals! Probably the highlight of the day... definitely was mine. :)
Like I’d said before – us being in Cambodia doesn’t necessarily do a lot for Cambodians in terms of practical help… but it was very evident that our presence brought something of value to our friends around us – and, I have to say, this team was especially amazing at it: Encouragement, support, and a whole lot of smiles and laughs and a delight in work!
:)
xo
Rainbow
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