Lot of Fun on Top of Trees

They enjoy the spread-out branch of this cashew tree. The village is ten kilometers away from the nearest town, Mananthawady, which is 100 kilometers away from Kozhikode, the nearest railway station and airport. It is not a holiday, but children love to stay in the village for different reasons. Some are carefree and not serious about school. Some parents do not insist them while a few others like to keep the older children at home to baby-sit for the younger ones. Every older family will have up to five or eight children. This village has 20 families and out of the 26 school aged children, only 14 of them go to school.

Others are drop-outs or have never been to a school. Our minister has become a friend and a good teacher to these children. He visits them frequently, giving them tuition to read and write and do basic calculations. Moral and health education changed these children. There are much more to be done here and many more villages to be visited.