For girls in rural villages of Zambia, adulthood comes early. Few are able to attend school before age ten and yet only five years later, at fifteen, they are considered adults with all the responsibilities of marriage, child rearing, home keeping and crop tending. And long distances are usually needed to be walked to gather wood and water. However, although life is very difficult in many rural villages, they are still filled with much happiness as daily duties are done together and often turn into social occasions. Also, everyone pitches in to pay for weddings and funerals and no invitations are given out because everybody in the village is welcome.They experience true community.
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