Today we visited the towns of Ambarnath and Kalyan to distribution a total of 360 bed kits. We travelled two hours each way in order to reach the distribution sites. With the traffic in Mumbai - it was quite a trip.
Our welcome at Kalyan was truly amazing. We were met with a musical band including drums and bugles as well as each was given flower necklaces (leis), roses, and showered with flower petals. Truly an amazing experience.
The students also created coloured chalk art as a symbol to welcome us to their school.
After the bedkits had been distributed to show their gratitude, the local women performed a "long life" blessing ceremony for each of us. Following this we all enjoyed lunch in the teachers rooms with our Roterary counterparts.
We are looking forward to Vasai and Bhiwandi tomorrow.
More to come ...
The Mumbai 2009 Team
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