Montagnard Life
The photos on this page are of Montagnard life and are just a small portion of their rich lives.  They are very impoverished, but the vitality of life is displayed in their activities, education and in their smiles.  Scroll over a photo for its description; click to enlarge it. 
All photos are copyright (c) Thomas Hutchings, 2005, 2006
A baby cries at seeing a foreigner for the first time
Children enjoy a slide at their new kindergarten in their village
Some of the children in the local village
Montagnard children at play; very simple and nothing store-bought
Montagnard Catholic Church and bell tower, near Pleiku
Children at play
On the new slide. Clothing is old, soiled and torn, but they children are still happy A new swing at the school in the village
Photographer and Montagnard children on the swing - very sturdy!
Developmentally disabled Montagnards attend school at the Catholic Church in Pleiku A Montagnard girl, deaf and mute, still finds reasons to smile.
Montagnard village new kindergarten school
Older children in the village care for the younger ones while parents work in tea fields
Caring for the younger children
Montagnard child at Catholic orphanage
Playing kick the shuttlecock at a school for Montagnard children Practicing English with a Catholic seminarian (r)
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