Rural job
By buddha3
@buddha3 (1026)
India
October 17, 2011 12:46pm CST
How would you like to work in rural areas? We are so much addicted to urban life these days. Would you choose a career to work in villages? If yes, what are the facilities and criteria you would be looking for? If no, why is it so?
Please share your views friends. I am a Rural management student and I would be very happy to work in a serene and calm rural area!
4 responses
@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
18 Oct 11
i love working in the rural areas here in my country. i've had the opportunity to be part of a team that reached out to rural folks in the field of spiritual or religious activities. comparing the people i met in the rural areas to the people from urban areas...they are more welcoming and warm than urban folks. the only facility that i look for whenever i am in a rural area is the toilet and the bathroom or bath area and a refilling station for mineral water to drink. if these three facilities are present then i would be happy but if these facilities are not yet available then i would build one toilet and bath and share it with the rural folks.
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
18 Oct 11
I agree with you. Rural folks are more warm and welcoming. We have been visiting many villages for 2 months now as part of our course and we experienced it.
Yes, toilet and bathroom are really important and now governments of all countries are focussing on it. There is more awareness now in rural folks and they have started having them.
But why do you prefer only mineral water? Natural water sources can also be clean and safe.
@buddha3 (1026)
• India
18 Oct 11
Oh, alright. And what about some facilities like shops, market and medical facilities and good roads? I know what you mentioned are the most basic things that you look for to stay in a village. But what is your take on the others I mentioned? How much priority do you give to them?
@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
18 Oct 11
water from natural sources in the rural areas here cannot be trusted as safe to drink anymore. some reservoirs are old and dilapidated and full of contaminants that cause intestinal diseases and typhoid fever...so to be safe and healthy while in the rural areas..i would have to drink only mineral water.
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
19 Oct 11
I agree with every word of yours! When I was young I used to wait eagerly for my summer vacation so that I could go and stay in my native village! It was such a bliss indeed. Grandma's love, singing of birds, the calm and graceful walk of the cattle, and the best of the lot- the dancing peacocks! I can still remember seeing the peacocks just 20 feet away from me and most importantly, they were FREE and not in a cage!
@Anne18 (11029)
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18 Oct 11
The pace of life is so much slower than living in the city and it is so much better living for the family and children. Which ever way you go out of our town you have to see green fields so much better than travelling in the city and just seeing buildings and breathing in car fumes etc. Plus hearing the birds sing and fly in and out of the garden is pure bliss
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@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
17 Oct 11
I live in rural australia, which would be very different to other countries. Well it rural enough, we're about 3.5 hours north of melbourne. To me it is not really as rural as going a few more hours north west of where i live. where you can see for 20kms + out to nothing across the land.
@buddha3 (1026)
• India
18 Oct 11
Yes, the definition of "rural" may differ across the globe! But as you said, there are some areas that we may not consider really rural. It depends on the infrastructure and the availability of some basic needs.
How is it like in your place of stay? Is it cool and calm ans slow as typical to villages, or is it crowded like towns?
@machivado (528)
• Indonesia
17 Oct 11
With the growing number of urban in my city, it's kind of my goal to open some working facilities in a village, especially in agriculture sector.
I don't have the resource right now as I'm still studying. However when I think that if I were to do that, then I would need to stay there too. That's really troubling because I can't see my parents often.
@buddha3 (1026)
• India
18 Oct 11
That's a cool idea. Agriculture sector needs youngsters as lot of them are not interested in it. If youth try to do something for agriculture it's worth encouraging. By the way what are you studying?
Yes you may not be able to see your parents often. But you are not permanently away from them. There are so many people who stay away from parents and work. If you stay in village in future, I bet your parents would be glad to come with you, provided there are all the basic facilities available.
