Survival
Imagine this, you live in a place where you can't turn on a faucet to have water, or go to a local supermarket for food. That's the way it is for many people living in poor areas or countries. Shovels allow people to make wells, plant crops and build sturdy and wind resistant buildings. I interviewed Adam Voysey, a photographer for Christian Action, and he showed me some pictures of people living in Tibet and what they demonstrate.
"For these children, the inside of this tent is their school; but only for a few months a year because winters are too cold "
" In the foreground is the tent school - in the background, Christian Action Asia is helping the nomadic Tibetan families from this area by building a brick boarding school for them. This way the children will be able to get a solid education- and possibly a job in the nearest town when they get older. Everything is built by hand however, and without shovels, the job would be just about impossible. "
" A Tibetan mother wields a shovel - without it, there'd be just about no way to mix the cement, sand and water together, lay the bricks to make the building and get the whole building completed before winter arrives."