How Women Lead By Example In Manipur Relief Camp That's Also A School

Like many relief camps in Manipur, Samurou government high school in Imphal West district has also kept aside some classrooms with mattresses on the floor for internally displaced people to sleep. The children of families living in the camp walk to the classrooms next door every morning, and sit with the regular students who come from outside. During the day, cats tiptoe into the classrooms that have been converted into dormitories and make themselves comfortable on the neatly-folded blankets, for no one is around – all the displaced people who are staying at the camp have gone out to do odd jobs, earn whatever little money they can. Many are tailors, carpenters, plumbers, etc.