School pupils group photo

School pupils group photo

On the treck to the Labatama plateau in the province Daga western Bhutan we were passing a village school and joined the lesson for about one hour.
After school lessons the teacher ask to shoot this group photo.
Some pupils have a long way to school, one and a half hours climb up and one hour down to their home, every school day and under all weather conditions.
I am still keeping contact to the school named Genekha school and its principal called Chakradhar.
Two years later I came to the same school an brought a gift, a volley ball set and its necessary net.
(Left to the middle of the group photo in olive anorak its my wife Salama)

(The photo captured in April 1996 during my first tour in Bhutan. Scanned with NIKON CoolScan V ED.)