Villagers Quotes

The heart of the matter, as I see it, is the stark fact that world poverty is primarily a problem of two million villages, and thus a problem of two thousand million villagers. - E. F. Schumacher

The boy cried `Wolf, wolf!' and the villagers came out to help him. - Aesop

The average income in my village is only 500 yuan (about 63 U.S. dollars) a year, most of which is spent on daily life and children's education. When villagers get seriously ill, they have no money to go to a hospital. - Ma Wenfang

That outbreak was noted by the villagers, but was not handled because they didn't report it in time. We have to work harder on helping to convert knowledge into practice. - David Nabarro

Relief has been exchanged for Kashmiri villagers affected by the quake on both sides of the border. - Nazir Ahmed

Police were forced to open fire in alarm. In the chaos, three villagers died. - Xinhua News Agency

People will be able to actually walk where the villagers walked and explore the mound. - Doris Anderson

Most of these villagers are very old and it is distressing to hear of force being used against them. Given their age, the police should take special care to ensure they are not hurt and to allow prompt medical treatment if they are -- which does not appear to have been the case so far. - Rajiv Narayan

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition. - Nicholas D. Kristof