Belgaum: Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day from Team Belgaum!

From Belgaum 2012

Today we travelled to two different distribution sites. It was ideal for a farm boy from Ontario. We spent several hours on the roads to reach our destination and the trip featured wildly decorated tractors hauling large loads of sugar cane. It was a very entertaining journey.

We saw many fields of sugar cane, which appears to be the major crop produced in the area. Interspersed amidst that crop was sorghum, barley, corn, wheat, cotton, palm trees, and grapes. The intensity of the farming and the care given to the land was amazing.

Larry Kell,
Team Belgaum 2012

From Belgaum 2012

A day filled with two very successful bedkit distributions is truly a compliment to our Rotary partners here in the Belgaum area. These groups in Harugeri and Ugar worked very hard to make sure everything ran smoothly and also that our team felt warmly welcomed. The delicious lunch we had in Ugar began with Duncan, our fearless leader, being welcomed and draped with a beautifully presented garland of grapes by our hostess Smita Shirgaokar.

The children looked absolutely beautiful as they came out of the building in their new outfits to pose for a picture. Then, the smiles on their faces when they realized that big bag was the rest of their bedkit and belonged to them, was a wonderful sight to see!

Anne Kell,
Team Belgaum 2012

From Belgaum 2012

Last year’s Belgaum Team recommended that some of the patterns for the girls' dresses be changed to another pattern -- the same pattern had been used for four years.

This is one of the new patterns and these young ladies have trouble hiding their smiles!

Our dress and boys' wear manufacturer actually comes to each distribution area to make sure that each child receives the correct size of garment to wear in the pictures taken for donors!

It all results in very happy children, and big smiles from parents and guardians.

Thanks to our Rotary Partners, The Rotary Club of Belgaum, for listening to last year’s team!

Duncan Macgregor,
Team Belgaum 2012

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