Working Girls

Myanmar girls start work at early age,

this is less in the city but almost normal in the countryside. What most youngsters have in common is they are poor and it is often very sad to watch them working already at very young age. Often they have to do quite hard work like carrying stone on roadwork's.  Because of the

Myanmar working girls

Kids in the delta region

social circumstances they must work within the family to get some income. Many of them even from remote corners move to the big cities such as Yangon and Mandalay and try their luck.

The worst what I have seen was the small kids of around 10 years carrying heavy loads of stones at roadwork's, this is also the same with the boys there is no difference.

Kids going road works east of Yangon

The hardest life they have in the remote areas

Kachin kids in the field

such as Chin and Kachin State which is totally neglected by the central government, almost no reasonable roads and infrastructure is available only around new years the tourists come in to have a look at the Naga New Year festival. The Naga and Chin show their dance program and everyone is impressed, that happens north west of Mandalay.

Collection leaves to feed livestock

Children in Kachin state

Kayan or Padaung near Inle Lake