I am India

Dear: friends and humanitarians

Finally my time to India for attend the Oxfam International Youth Partnership conference has come true. I arrived India last 20^th November with safety. I met many youth people from around the world who brought different stories and work experiences in term of community development. I heard many stories, problems and solution that those youth people are doing in their community. This event made me deeply understood on positive change from community around the world. Many of them are caring on human rights equality, healthy environment and social justice as well as i am. 

However i would bring all those experiences learnt to share or advocate for my community in Laos in order to guide them understand on how people are connected with each other in our world, how healthy environment and justice are important for human and country development.

Best wihes from India to everyone

Bounsing      

  

The time for harvest rice

Dear: friends and Humanitarians

Finally the winter season is coming now in Muang Sing Northern Laos. This winter season is telling us that the rice harvest season is also coming together with winter season.

Nowadays farmer in my hometown are very busying for harvesting rice including my parent and me. We have to get up very early morning for working hard in the rice field and come back home evening very lately.

This year the rice demand is increasing in my hometown including the whole country in Laos but the rice supply is decreasing due to lack of land for rice production because of land concession by foreigner investor particular Chinese people. That’s why the price of rice is increasing that cause happiness to some farmers and sadness to some farmers who lack of land. However selling labor as a daily worker for private company is main solution for farmers who lack of land. It seems no many solution option for those farmers because they are not person who decide for their life, the concern government decided for their living life condition but mostly the decision was giving private benefit for some officials involved.

It seems the rice harvest is going to complete during November 2010.

I wish all the best to all of you

Bounsing

sinngemäße Übersetzung von Jörn Mirete:


(Reis-)Erntezeit

Liebe Freunde und Spender,
nun kommt endlich die "Winterzeit" nach Muang Sing in Nord-Laos. Winterzeit bedeutet hier auch, daß die Zeit der Reisernte bevorsteht.
Genauso wie die anderen Bauern meines Heimatdorfes sind meine Eltern und ich mit der Reisernte beschäftigt. Von morgens früh bis abends spät dauert ein harter Arbeitstag auf dem Reisfeld.

In meinem Heimatdorf -wie im ganzen Land- steigt die Nachfrage nach dem Grundnahrungsmittel Reis auch dieses Jahr. Das zum Anbau zur Verfügung stehende Land wird jedoch immer geringer, da viele Landbesitzer ihr Land an an ausländische Investoren verpachten, dabei insbesondere an Chinesen.
Der Reispreis steigt somit.
Für einige Bauern ist das gut, für andere (diejenigen mit wenig Land, die sich nicht slebst versorgen können) ist das schlecht. Sie verkaufen ihre Arbeitskraft dann als Tagelöhner an Privatfirmen.
Diese Menschen haben keine große Wahl und über ihr Leben bestimmen sie nicht mehr selbst, sondern eine Firmenleitung. Und die entscheidet meistens zum Vorteil von einigen Amtsträgern, die in irgendeiner Weise beteiligt sind.

Die Reisernte wird wahrscheinlich im November 2010 abgeschlossen sein.
Ich wünsche euch alles Gute,
Bounsing