A young woman with a child on her back, collects firewood to use for cooking fuel. She will then walk many kilometers back to her village only to return later in the day to do it again.
The beginning of a pile of firewood that this young woman will carry on her back along with a child, to her home in her village a great distance away.
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Showing posts with label carrying wood. Show all posts
Friday, August 7, 2009
It's not a choice, but a necessity.
Perspective
Here is a quick post to hopefully put in perspective the size of the wood bundles these women were carrying. Now keep in mind that I am 6'1 and 220 pounds. Look at how little the women in the group shot are and how big the loads are. Some of these loads are equal to or more than the body weight of the woman shouldering them. Very humbling in my opinion!
Images copyright Rodney Rascona
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