Rural Women, Hand-washing & Students - Life in Rural Philippines

Hello #Hivers

In light of #InternationalDayofRuralWomen, #GlobalHandwashingDay, and #WorldStudentDay, I've added a few photos from my street photography of everyday life in my rural village of Moalboal and more. (According to Wikipedia:)

Moalboal

Municipality in Cebu
Moalboal, officially the Municipality of Moalboal, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 31,130 people. Extending as a peninsula on the south-western tip of Cebu, Moalboal is bordered to the west by the Tañon Strait. Wikipedia*

'The normality of washing clothes by hand came as a shock to my system, approximately 7 years ago.'

Across rural villages in the Philippines, everyday, women congregate by the roadside, their backyards or anywhere shady, to hand-wash clothes, as they "tsismis":) (gossip) with huge guffaws.
(*** For the hand-washing photos, I decided to portray the image myself, as not everyone is keen for photography doing these chores***)

Small stool, small basin, soap powder / liquid detergent, bleach and clothes brush

I'll never forget my neighbour telling me the importance of the stool for comfort when I just arrived #Philippines 😊

Rural Women

My village Moalboal is surrounded by water, so during low tide, it's normal for the women to go searching for sea urchins, sometimes she'll have a small child or children with her, or her dogs tend to tag along and have little frolics in the sea.

Colour Coordinated - Maroon-ed

"M" for Mum - Rural Mum on errands with family

Rural Women prefer to ride on trisikads as it's a more pleasant way to travel in the hot weather

Students

Uniforms are prevalent in the Philippines for public schools, private schools and even as high as university level.
Most girls are required to wear long tunics or skirts and boys wear khaki or dark trousers - long for older boys, and kids sometimes wear knee-length shorts.

This group of students appear to be shy as most teenagers are...

"Chikahan" Time :):)

... and other encounters like this - the not so shy teenage boy!:)

#ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines :)

I hope you like the little glimpses of what typical days look like in my village... these photos were taken pre-covid times, hence the absence of masks....on that note, #GlobalHandwashingDay might have more emphasis on washing of hands as hygiene is still high priority in these times and always.

Thank you for your time!

So long till my next blog:)