Starving and Deprivation

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I really can’t imagine how hard life is now. Just this morning I have three visitors again, two of them are my relatives and one of which is a friend from the neighborhood.  But its different now, they are seeking for financial assistance. They ask help for their family’s medical needs and food for the day. I can’t help but reminisce the time when my grandmother told me that the month of June to September are the month where there is no fish to catch in the sea, fisherman’s in our village has no source of income as fishing is the main source of  our livelihood.  People from our village almost have nothing to feed for their family, no source to augment their daily living. There is no alternative livelihood program that exists in our village in support to this heartbreaking situation. It only mean one thing, NO Fish means No Food. No food means No schooling for the youth. Another page of my life will unfold again next month and these scenarios still happen in our village where I grow up and continue to happen. I kept on asking myself when the scarcity will be end, and yet it remains a big question. It is unless the mind settings of my neighborhood change and see education as important as food. Only right education can beat poverty, this is aside of course from the most sacred source coming from our Almighty God. Who ever read this message across the world, I am pleading for help if you could give some suggestions on what kind or types of livelihood program would be appropriate on our village. Our village merely relies on fishing and fish processing industry.