The Company Town

Here Brother Victor holds a baby as her grandmother (aged 42) and Robb trade customary greetings. Her daughter, who is this baby's mother, has a total of 5 children. The father died last year, of stomach cancer.

The mother had just completed her shift at the rubber processing facility. She was off in the jungle looking for bamboo shoots to supplement her family's diet.

The surrounding huts constitute the housing provided by the processor, so that his workers need not trek back to Myanmar each night. This also allows those families with men or older boys to harvest rubber sap at night