Photo 37: Threshing in Zambia

During the harvest of soybeans, the women in Zambia are very busy. After the chores in the morning, they go to the school’s open field to thresh. One strike after another, they beat on the crop with heavy bamboo rods. They neglect the blazing sun and continue to work till they are sweating all over. When the sun is setting, they go home together as a group because it is hard to find one’s way after it gets dark.

​在收割黃豆的季節，婦女們十分忙碌，早上料理了家務，便到學校空地打穀，把黃豆脫粒，他們是真正的「打」穀，用長棍，一下一下打在莊稼上；不理日頭當空，包上頭巾，繼續工作；太陽快下山，便聯群結隊回家，因為天黑路難走。

- Violin (photographs taken in Ndola, Zambia, 2012)

While most of the world have adopted the usage of modern threshing machines, the Zambian women can only afford to use their hands and the most basic tools even to this day.

​Small fragments of soybeans fill the air at the threshing field.

The small children are left by the shade while the women work under the beating sun.

​After hours of toilsome work, the women journeys home where more chores await them in the evening.

Photo 36: The Children Class in the Mamelodi Slums

This is the children class that we have set up in the Mamelodi Township near Pretoria, South Africa. These younger ones are not old enough to attend the Math and English classes yet. Therefore, we gave them drawing lessons instead. Actually, there wasn't any formal teachings in the drawing class. We simply gave them pens and papers and let them draw until their hearts' content.

Later during the class, we taught them some basic vocabularies and organized some group games to play together. Can you see in the last photo how all their hands were laid on top of each other's? The game was like this: everyone began by placing their hands at the centre. Then at the count of three, everyone had to withdraw their hands at once, and the last one to do so would lose. Yes, it was a very simple game but the children took great pleasure nevertheless. They played over and over again until volunteers served them sweets and biscuits to conclude the day. And just like this, everyone had a blissful time.

​這是我們在南非Malmelodi 貧民區的兒童班。這些較年幼的未能參加英、數學習班，我們為他們安排畫班，沒有正式敎授什麼技巧，只是讓他們有紙、有筆地塗鴉，加上學習一些有關的生字 ，還有遊戲，你看他們只是把手疊在一起，然後在數一二三之後鬥快抽出，被捉到的，就算輸，一次次重複，他們樂此不疲。之後他們期待的是糖果或餅乾。就這樣，大家享受美好的時光。

- Violin

​A children's drawing class held by Light and Love Home in the Mamelodi Township near Pretoria, South Africa. Photo by Violin Chan, 2012.

The children were instructed to follow the drawings on the whiteboard. However, some were still too young to draw as well as we wanted them to. Photo by Violin Chan, 2012.

​The Mamelodi Townshp has an estimated population of 1 million people but the government offers few facilities for younger children living there. Therefore, they especially appreciate attending the classes that Light and Love Home provides. Photo by Violin, 2012.

Enjoying each other's company during the class. Photo by Violin Chan, 2012.

​One of the youngest one attending the class. She was a little camera shy. Photo by Violin Chan, 2012.

​A simple game involving just hands, but the children enjoyed immensely. Photo by Violin Chan, 2012.

Photo 35: Girls of Light and Love School

These two little girls are students of the Light and Love School in Madagascar. Aside from attending classes, they also participate in activities and fellowships organized by the church. Once we met each other, we were no longer strangers. They even asked me to take pictures of them. Do you enjoy seeing how they smiled and posed in the photo? They no longer despised themselves like before, but can now live with joy and confidence together.

​這兩個小妺妹是馬逹加斯加光愛的學生，課餘參加敎會的活動和聚會，見到面，已沒有陌生感，還主動要我替她們拍照。你可欣賞她們的「甫士」？多寶貴她們有的一份自信，不再是自慚形穢的躲在一旁。

​- Violin

​Girls of Light and Love School.  Photo by Violin Chan. Madagascar, 2012