Monday 25 January 2016

Kolkata: Purulia

Today's distribution highlighted how needy the children are in this area.  Many arrived in bare feet, but welcomed the food and drinking water that was supplied by the Rotarians in Purulia.



After their lunch, the children washed their feet and put on their new shoes from the bedkit.  It actually became hot for the first time since we arrived and the children were able to remove their fleece jackets and we were able to see all the colourful dresses and smart shirts that they were wearing.



Some of these children had been up very early to get to us on time.  One little boy told us that he had walked 2 kilometers to school to get on a bus (with his class mates and teacher) to travel the 70 kilometers to our distribution.  He then would have to repeat that to get home!

Team Kolkata 2016
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