Sowing letters in the rubber forest

Guaranteed income during the shaving season

On the morning of September 28, our delegation arrived at Dong Phu - Kratie Rubber Company, headquartered in Kratie Commune, Kratie Town, Kratie Province. Welcoming the delegation were not only Vietnamese officials but also Cambodian officials, who were young people who had studied and lived in Vietnam.

The road to the Dong Phu - Kratie Rubber Company project is quite complicated, with many sections having large streams. The 23 km road from National Highway 7 to the project is often degraded during the rainy season. Currently, the company has 3 farms, 1 processing factory with a capacity of 7,500 tons/year serving the rubber processing of Dong Phu - Kratie Rubber Company and a number of rubber companies in Kratie province.

Currently, the company has more than 1,000 local workers. Of which, nearly 290 are from Kratie province; Sambor district alone has nearly 260 people, mainly people from neighboring areas in the project area of ​​Okdia Senchey commune and Rolus Meanchey commune, the rest are workers from other localities.

CSR10 Latex Processing Factory of Dong Phu - Kratie Rubber Company

Our delegation was excited to witness the rubber latex processing process of the CSR10 Latex Processing Factory (in operation since 2018). Factory workers were working enthusiastically, rows of finished products were lined up waiting to be shipped to consumers. Currently, the factory produces 50 - 60 tons of finished rubber products every day for export to Vietnam for sale. The factory also accepts rubber latex processing from a number of other companies. All production processes of the factory are guaranteed not to affect the environment. More interestingly, the rubber latex washing water is filtered through a wastewater treatment system consisting of 9 natural filter ponds, the last filter pond can be used to raise fish.

Mr. Khoen Sothanh, 30 years old, production team leader of CSR10 latex processing factory

Mr. Khoen Sothanh, 30 years old, production team leader of the CSR10 latex processing factory, has been working here for about 4 years. Previously, Mr. Khoen worked on the farm, but his income was not enough to support his family of 6. Mr. Khoen said that once the hamlet chief announced a recruitment for workers for a rubber company, he and his wife signed up to work. Mr. Khoen hopes to stay with the company for a long time, save money to build a house and take care of his children's future.

Currently, the latex processing factory operates 11 months a year, with a one-month break for machine maintenance. During this process, the company always creates jobs to ensure workers maintain their income, avoiding the situation of giving up tapping and going back to farming.

Arriving at the farm, our group was amazed by the rows of rubber trees equipped with materials, brackets, bowls, troughs, and rain covers, all neatly arranged...

Mr. Vu The Duy, Deputy General Director of Dong Phu - Kratie Rubber Company, said that every year, they can take 1-2 months off from tapping during the rubber leaf-changing season, when workers are most likely to quit and it is very difficult to call them back to work. This is also the reason why the company always focuses on creating jobs for workers, ensuring the lives of workers during the non-tapping season. That is also the reason why Dong Phu - Kratie Rubber Company always retains farm workers.

Mr. Vu The Duy introduces jobs that workers can do during the off-season to ensure income.

Mr. Duy carefully pointed to each scraping line: "When the tree is resting, the workers will draw a mold in advance to set a standard for the scraping season. If the mold is not drawn, the slope will not be correct; making rain gutters, fire prevention... so the workers stick with us and rarely go elsewhere because we have a guaranteed source of income all year round."

On the bus from the farm to the social works in the project area, we heard rubber officials talk about the early days when local workers worked at the farm. In the early stages of land reclamation and planting, most local workers were "shocked" when they received high monthly salaries that they had never received before.

Sowing letters in the rubber forest

Our car stopped in front of the Dong Phu - Kratie Rubber Company school in Farm 1, where students of all ages were engrossed in their studies.

Students of different ages study together in the same class.

This year, the company's two schools have 181 students, children of rubber workers. Because they are not old enough to be divided into classes, the students are grouped together, each class has about 40 or 50 students. The local Department of Education and Training has created conditions and helped the company find teachers.

During recess, we chatted with teacher Keonita, who teaches at the rubber company school. Keonita said that she and her husband had been assigned to teach here for a long time. When she came to the school, she and her husband were not married. Eleven years ago, Keonita's husband was assigned to the school, and three years later, Keonita was also assigned to teach at the school.

Teacher Keonita at Dong Phu Rubber Company's school - Kratie

Every day, Keonita and her husband go to school about 8 km away from home, going in the morning and coming back in the afternoon, with Sunday off. Keonita shared that teaching students of different ages is quite hard, with many difficulties due to the different learning levels of each class. The school of Dong Phu Rubber Company - Kratie teaches up to grade 6, after finishing grade 6, the students go to school in another commune.

"I just want the children to come to school regularly, to gain knowledge, to have an education and escape poverty. The rubber company also helps the teachers and the children a lot. The teachers all want to stay with the school, they only have one small wish: to have a playground in front of the school gate, a place for the children to play," said Ms. Keonita.

Our car left. The teachers saw us off to the school gate. A few curious students ran behind. The students living in the middle of the rubber forest, despite their lack of material conditions, always received enough love from their teachers.

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