Friday 21 October 2011

Bangladesh: First Distribution

The first distribution was completed in Dhaka today with some special bedkit dedications of thanks from the Sleeping Children team to the Rotary Club and others celebrating last year’s team member Danielle Lalonde’s marriage to Masudal Alam.

It was a great start to providing comfort to 6,000 beautiful children in Bangladesh.
From Bangladesh 2011

We then headed north with the combined Sleeping Children and Rotary team on an eight-hour road trip. Along the way cameras were clicking as we passed brick works, rice paddies, ponds of water hyacinths, overloaded hay wagons with many men perched on top, and, of course, vehicles of all conceivable kinds.


While the bus driver did a minor repair in Bogra we had a great time hanging out with the local kids who loved having their picture taken, thumb wrestling, action games such as ‘head and shoulders knees and toes,’ and all finished off by both national anthems sung with much gusto.

Oh, and of course as you can see in our photo album -- and also in the slide show below -- some team members chewing pan as we try on for size some Bangladeshi experiences.

Stay tuned for more fun tomorrow.

Sally Jo Martin
for Bangladesh Team 2011


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