During the short growing season the Wakhi people must grow an entire year's worth of food. The main crops are wheat for bread and peas. If the harvest has been poor food will run out during the long winer months and the people will starve. This life and death reality brings the community together with families helping each other gather in the harvest.
A number of trekkers are beginning to return to this area bringing with them a chance for the local people to earn some desperately needed cash.
Mountain Unity is supporting a number of economic development projects to help the Wakhi people take control of their own lives. Find out more at http://www.mountainunity.org/.
