Overcoming mountains with great difficulty, carrying literacy to remote villages lacking basic necessities.
(Baonghean.vn) – No electricity, no roads, no phone signal – that's the reality in Nam Xai village, home to the Nam Xai branch of Quang Phong 2 Primary School (Quang Phong commune, Que Phong district).
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| The Nam Xai school branch has 5 classrooms with over 40 students and 6 teachers. |
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Nam Xai is the most remote and difficult-to-access village in Quang Phong commune, with 75 households, all of whom are ethnic Thai people, 97% of whom are poor. Currently, Nam Xai has no electricity grid, no paved roads, is cut off by streams, and has no mobile phone signal. |
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Every day, to reach Nam Xai school, many teachers have to travel nearly a hundred kilometers along steep mountain roads. Especially on rainy and windy days, when the Nam Xai river rises, teachers and students in Nam Xai are almost completely isolated. |
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| The male teachers faced hardships, but for the two female teachers here, the difficulties were multiplied many times over. |
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| Driven by their love for the profession and affection for children, the teachers here tirelessly impart knowledge to their students in remote villages every day. |
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The classroom, made of bamboo and thatch, is where the teacher and students live, at the Nậm Xái school branch. |
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| Young teacher Lo Thi Thuy (born in 1994) has recently been assigned to reinforce the Nam Xai school branch. |
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The teachers share a simple meal in the rudimentary kitchen of the Nậm Xái school branch. |
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| The teachers cooked their own meals in the kitchen, which "only served as shade." |
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| This teacher is using a homemade mortar and pestle to grind tea leaves and make drinks. |
Ho Phuong
