An
early morning start (6;00 and still dark). As we drive north just inland from
the Bay of Bengal, the fog and mist are just starting to burn off to reveal the
lush green rice paddies and bamboo plantations. After a great breakfast with
our Rotarian hosts, we get down to work (it’s not really work, it’s fun).
We are greeted by our local volunteers, the
students from the school we are using, to help us. The children who have been
selected for the bedkits are arriving from the needier areas and lining up for
the process- sizing, posing, photographing, and receiving their bedkits. With
a king sized smile they carry their treasure to their parents and they sit down
together for lunch. After lunch, under the watchful eyes of the Guardians of The Gate (AKA the sacred cows),
they pack themselves and their gear into their vehicles and head for home. They
will sleep well tonight!
Wayne Cooper for Team Chennai
