Well I thought it was a great idea in 2015 when I suggested to the our overseas partner, the Rotary Club of Pune Cantonment, that I would attend Pune prior to the distribution in 2016. The purpose was to observe and assist in the process of actually assembling the bedkits for this years distribution. Arriving at 1:30 on Saturday January 11, I was able to grab a few winks and be at the assembly area with the Rotarians at 9:00 am.
The atmosphere had an air of excitement. Rotarians, their families and volunteers numbered over 150 people.
Before long the manual process of assembling the kits began. The bedkits contains over 30 items. I am amazed at just how far a $35. Cdn. Donation can be stretched.
The items in the kit: from floor blankets, and a mosquito net, to school clothes and a back pack, to name a few, are treasured by every child who receives these.
The volunteers have a bag for each kit and walk a loop in the assembly area collecting each item in the kit. The process goes on until all 4500 kits are assembled. This entire process took place over two days. Now the fun part...distributing the bedkits to the children.
