Women suffer the most in community with no roads

By MALUM NALU
WOMEN in remote Rigo Inland, Central, struggle with very little Government services, according to a primary school teacher.
Amanda Walo, deputy head teacher at the Dorobisoro Primary School, told of their plight as a group of women sat around her yesterday on a disused airstrip at the village.
Walo is from Hula, along the Rigo Coast, and has been teaching at this school in the mountains for the past seven months.
There are no roads or air services to Dorobisoro.
No communication.
It takes up to five days to walk to the Rigo district headquarters at Kwikila to access Government services.
“The life of women here every day revolves around gardening and looking after the family,” Walo told The National at Dorobisoro.
“For girls in the school, it’s difficult, because when they reach the age of marriage, they (family) just remove them from school and they get married.
“They don’t go on to higher institutions.”
Walo said she enjoyed teaching at Dorobisoro, “as it’s out of the town, peaceful, very enjoyable”.
“Living on the coast is just like living in the city,” she said.
“It’s close to the city so life is a bit hard.
“Here, we have everything.
“The villagers supply us with food, everything, so we don’t need anything.
“All we worry about is preparing lessons and teaching the students.”
The 27-year-old taught at Kalo Primary School in Hula for three years and this is her first year in Dorobisoro.