Kinderleben.org - Strassenkinder Projekt in Mae Sai

THE WOODSMAN: Joe lived in a small hut in the jungle. His father died of
AIDS when he was three years old. His mother has disappeared. Maybe,
says Joe, she has already died. But maybe not, and then she could visit
him again. His grandmother lives with him in the hut. Her income: nothing.
So Joe became a woodsman whenever he was hungry. He knows how to
dig a mouse out of the ground and eat it, which leaves are edible, how to
kill small animals with a slingshot, how to catch fish with home-made
fishing gear, and how to protect himself from snakes and scorpions. Joe
is familiar with the hardest form of trekking: Going into the jungle with
nothing and yet surviving. Joe wants to become a guide. And play soccer. And attend the School for Life.