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| From Chennai Photo Album 2009 |
We went to Porur today and distributed 342 bedkits. The event was organized at the school by Round Table 94, a service organization consisting of people under 40 years of age. They focus on fundraising for school facilities for poor children, defined as family income of about $2 per day or less. The service group also builds the school facilities.
The children at the Porur school were already dressed in their SCAW uniforms and as soon as we stepped into their classrooms, they stood up from their sitting position on the floor and greeted us in English, very enthusiastically. A bunch of high school students were assisting us in distributing the bedkits. Interestingly, the current president of Round Table 94 is an immigration advisor, working with a Canadian immigration lawyer, serving clients in the Chennai area, who are trying to immigrate to Canada.
We took advantage of some spare time we had to go shopping, to walk along the beach and visit the Church of St. Thomas, one of three churches worldwide built on the tomb of one of the Apostles. The other two churches are in Rome and in Spain.
Andy Greiner
for Team Chennai 2009
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