Today’s distribution was very close to where we stayed the night so our travel to the site was only 20 minutes by our micro bus. This has been the shortest distance that we have had to travel to reach the children for their bedkits. It was a less tiring start to our day. We arrived to a well established but old primary school that was totally enclosed with a courtyard that certainly helped with the security of the distribution. We had many smiling and waving children on the site when we arrived. Some of the children were already dressed in their new clothing and waiting for the distribution to begin. We had visited the distribution site the night before and were able to establish the distribution plan so everything was well prepared and ready to go when we arrived. We had a smooth sailing distribution of 640 bedkits.
The team on their travels of the northern parts of Bangladesh has made some pretty distinct observations about Bangladesh. Transportation on the roads seems to be in constant motion with trucks, rickshaws, rickshaw vans, cars, people, animals and merchants etc. Bangladesh is a land of color in the local markets with produce arranged by shape and colour. The rickshaws have flashy paintings and trucks with decorative colouring and all over. The countryside is alive with a variety of green trees, rice and jute fields, banana groves, vegetable fields and water hyacinth. The clothes of the women are absolutely beautiful and rich with their traditional bright colours. Another wonderful day of travel and distribution!
