Bandladesh: Barisal Distribution

From Bangladesh 2008 Photo Album

Day 8: Barisal

We woke at 5 AM as the steamer docked in Barisal and we proceeded immediately through a rural, almost jungle area with many small villages that are rough, basic places connected by, at times, not much more than a cart path.

These villages, however, often have strong family connections and community spirit and are somewhat self-contained.

From Bangladesh 2008 Photo Album

Captain Hossain who is heading up the Rotary 4,000 distribution comes from the Barisal area and the hub for today's 1300 bedkits was at his family home. His family settled at this site in the 1600s.

Today's distribution was, as mentioned in the previous blog, originally planned for two days; however, communication issues led to this being the best option. It was quite successful thanks the efforts of the village, family, Rotarians, and our team.

We ended the day with a walking tour with Captain Hossain through his village as he recounted some of his family and village history.

We are finally back on the steamer at 8:30 PM tired and ready to sleep on the overnight trip back to Dhaka.

From Bangladesh 2008 Photo Album

Thanks again to wireless technology it is easy to stay in touch. (This report was sent from my Blackberry and the photos were sent from Doug Jamieson's iPhone.)

Doug MacDougald and Doug Jamieson
for Team Bangladesh

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