Bangladesh: Rangpur and Rangpur City Distribution

We awoke this morning feeling more rested. Our internal clocks have adjusted and we are oriented to this new time zone.

Today began with a breakfast shared together, and then we went to our first distribution site in Rangpur. Our Rotarian colleagues shared with us the importance of this particular site, as it took place at a school that was named after a famous woman from Rangpur. Her name was Begum Rokeya and she established the first school for girls in Bangladesh in the 1920's. She fought tirelessly for equal rights for women, and for equal opportunity for girls to be educated.

One of the mandates of SCAW is that kits are evenly distributed between boys and girls, and I imagine Begum Rokeya would have been so happy to see both boys and girls being given the gift of a good night's sleep near her own birthplace.

After all of the bedkits were distributed, we had the opportunity to visit the Begum Rokeya Memorial Centre where a statue stands in her honour.

The afternoon distribution also took place in a school setting in Rangpur. We witnessed again how polite and well behaved the children were. They however, still giggled at the bubble blowing, enjoyed the antics of the puppets and sang some silly songs with us.

After delivering 480 kits in Rangpur today we look forward to another full day tomorrow.  We will once again see children receiving the gift of love from our caring SCAW donors from Canada.

Team Bangladesh 2014
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