The long, winding, and bumpy road to our Day 7 distribution in Kakdwip took us to a small remote village along the way. It was the home of one of our overseas volunteers. We stopped for a short coconut break. We wandered along the narrow pathways in the village and we were invited in as honoured guests by the the villagers.
It was an extended family of four brothers, their wives, children, grandchildren, and mother all living under one roof. it was a cottage industry where two of the son's wives were adding bead work and intricate details to colourful saris. They told us that they work between two and three full days to earn about 300 Rupees (about $ 6.50) when the saris are completed.
After a short visit and introductions we continued the forty-five kilometres to our bedkit distribution for the day.
We spent four hours under sunny skies and 35°C to complete our 737 bedkit distribution.
From the smiling faces we know there will be 737 children getting a good night's sleep so they are ready to face the next days challenges and attend school.
Thanks to our donors.
Edie Haslauer
for Team Kolkata 2011
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