At Working For Children (WFC), our mission through the Rainbow New Generation 2025 project has always been to provide more than just traditional education. While our local students benefit from free English classes to sharpen their communication skills, we believe in a holistic approach to learning, one that connects them back to the earth and the community they live in.
On January 9, 2026, our students stepped out of the digital and linguistic world and into the soil for an inspiring Agriculture Field Trip at the Rainbow Farm.
From Theory to the Field
After spending four days in the intensive classroom environment, the students and teachers of RNG traded their pens for gardening shears. For one hour this week, the farm became our classroom. The session was led by a guest lecturer who introduced the art and science of planting and grafting guava trees.
Grafting is a delicate skill, and seeing the students’ focus as they learned how to join different plant tissues to create a stronger, more fruitful tree was a testament to their eagerness to learn.
Key Learning Outcomes
The trip wasn’t just about getting their hands dirty; it was about understanding the entire ecosystem of agriculture:
- Technical Skills: Students gained hands-on experience in the specific techniques of growing and grafting guava.
- Stewardship: They practiced the essential daily care required to maintain a healthy orchard and learned the correct way to harvest the fruit without damaging the tree.
- Market Literacy: We spent time discussing the “business of farming.” Students learned about current market trends, how to price guava, and the economic benefits this crop can bring to a local family.
- Health & Nutrition: We explored the high vitamin content and health benefits of guava, reinforcing the importance of sustainable, local food sources.
Why This Matters
As the founder, seeing the joy on the students’ faces as they successfully practiced a graft or identified a ripe fruit is incredibly rewarding. These field trips bridge the gap between academic English and practical life skills. We aren’t just teaching them a language; we are giving them the tools to be self-sufficient, environmentally conscious, and entrepreneurially minded.
The students left the farm not only with new knowledge but with a deeper appreciation for the hard work that goes into the food on their tables. We look forward to more “green” lessons as we continue to grow the Rainbow New Generation community!
