Today 670 more bedkits were
given to excited Bangladeshi children in the town of Pathgram, making the grand
total of 3,380 bedkits generously donated by Sleeping Children’s supporters,
and handed to the children by the dedicated Overseas Volunteer Partners from
the Rotary Club of Dhaka and their many helpers. There are often as many as
thirty volunteers at these sites.
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| Chris Hills working via SKYPE with Rotary of Dhaka. |
The commentary below is
courtesy of the members of SKD:
Day 5: 670 bedkits distribution at Patgram a two
hours drive from Lalmonirhat town. It's a half an hour from the border of
India. Both the countries are divided by a barb-wire fence. The social economic
condition is very poor. The school children were lined up in a disciplined way
and the children change into their new dress and waiting eagerly for the bedkits.
During the war of liberation this area was all along liberated and Pakistani
forces never dare to come to Pathgram. Sector 6 was fighting along the area on
the 6th of December 1971 Lalmonirhat was freed. Pakistan Army surrendered to
the allied forces and a new country came in to being.
I am grateful for the daily
briefing from the core members of the Rotary Club of Dhaka. Their connection
through Skype has come through crystal clear, and we’ve exchanged thoughts and
ideas about the day’s events. My thanks to you all!
Team Bangladesh 2017
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