FRIDAY, JULY 9
Red roads and dust
Palm trees rise like sentinels
Against the distant grey mountains
Kampot
Pepper and salt
Development and Peace
We arrive at Tareach Village
“Juhm ree-uhp sue” we bow hello
Sit on straw mats legs tucked behind us
Women, men, children and babies
We listen hard to hear and understand
Khmer words and English translations
Questions and answers
Stories of an agricultural cooperative
Community organizing
Rice bank, cow bank, pig bank
102 families, 953 people, 420 women
174 hectares
Rice storage
Money for medicines and education
Afternoon Daung Village
Walking on dusty paths beside rice fields
Sky black and the sound of palm tree leaves
Rustling in the wind
Rainy season
A new culvert and possible double rice crop
Corn in the dry season
Rain falls
We wait underneath a family's roof
We drink fresh coconut juice as the heavens open up
Communion
“Awe coon” (thank you) we say to our hosts
We emerge as sun streams through pineapple and palm trees
Hope
Buddha smiles
by Robin Adeney
2 comments:
Beautiful way to comunicate your experince, Robin. Sure brings back memeories of my solidarity trip to Ecuador two summers ago.
Joan O'Connell
Ottawa DC
Nice entry! It reads like a poeme and have all different kind of info!
It is a wonderful to re-discover Cambodia and our partners through your words!
Congrats to all!
Gen
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