Pune: Rural India

From Pune 2011

Thank you to the readers of our blog for joining us on our journey through rural India!

Today we left the "Oxford of India" (Pune's nickname, based on the large number of universities and colleges found in the city) and travelled over seventy kilometers to a very small rural village.

We travelled with the director of education for the region and he was able to fill us in on some of the details of the children.  These children do go to school, public school, where classes are large and qualified teachers are few.

From Pune 2011

Many of the children who received bedkits today are considered "untouchable," the very bottom of the caste system. The caste system has been officially abolished but it continues to persist in these isolated communities.

When we spoke with the children we told them of the donor's wish for the child "to get a good night's sleep, so that they can be healthy and learn at school."  In consultation with the teachers, we also added that we hoped that the bedkit would help the kids go to school EVERY day.

Debbie Dryden
for Team Pune, 2011

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