We began our day with breakfast in the courtyard of the hotel. then headed out to a tea garden where we visited Bisamil village located in M.R. Khan Tea Estate where twenty children from yesterday's distribution live.
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They were waiting for us with wonderful smiles and expressed thanks for a good night’s sleep on a new ground sheet and thick blanket. Their colourful shirts and dresses made for more good pictures.
We took a team photo with them as a reminder of our shared experiences.
Then it was back on the bus to drive to our last distribution. However, while leaving the tea estate, we had to disembark to lighten the load so that the bus could take a run through a river bed with a very soft muddy bottom.
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Sally Jo took a side route which ended with one very wet and muddy shoe. The children who were following laughed wildly and one offered to fetch water to clean her shoe. But the bus had to leave so the shoe never did get clean. (Good thing she had a spare pair of shoes for the afternoon.)
We arrived at a textile mill where the final distribution took place. Again the 154 children were dressed and ready for us thanks to the preparations of the Rotaractors who are junior members of the Rotary club of Dhaka. These three young men have been with us for the past ten days and their help has been invaluable in organizing the children for dressing and photo line-ups.
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We were excited to present the final bedkit to a young boy who was # 6,000 for this 2011 Bangladesh distribution. A final photo with all the team members and Rotarians will be a special reminder of the experiences we have shared.
We are thankful to the Rotarians, the Sleeping Children volunteers and all the donors whose contributions together will allow these children to enjoy the comfort of a good night’s sleep.
ARAME GHUMAU! (Sleep Well!)
Including the 6,000 bedkits delivered
in Bangladesh this year, our total is
now 1,184,130 bedkits since
Sleeping Children began in 1970.
in Bangladesh this year, our total is
now 1,184,130 bedkits since
Sleeping Children began in 1970.
The Bangladesh 2011 Team
