Thursday, 7 February 2013

Pune: Long Days

Our distribution site for today is nestled in a valley surrounded by a chain of beautiful mountains. It’s a scenic vista but for some of our families living in the more remote and isolated parts of this region, it meant that they would have a very long day. One mother told me that she and her two children walked for three hours to be part of this special day of celebration as we were welcoming close to 1000 students from 45 different rural schools. Once her family picked up the two bedkits, they had another 3 hour trek back home to their mountain hut. This mother was overwhelmed with the number of items in the bedkits and was grateful that we were willing to help her children. Her story is one of many that have touched the hearts of our team members.

 
By Peggy Morrison for Team Pune 2013
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