Today our distribution was in a hill station that developed because of the cultivation of coffee brought there by the British over a hundred and fifty years ago. We delivered 582 bed kits to the children of this area.
I had the job today of interviewing six different families. Three were from the town itself and three from the outlying areas. Many of the mothers helped with the coffee bean harvest. I found that some of the children were sleeping on plastic mats directly on the floor. Others were lucky enough to have one mattress that the whole family slept on. All families slept in one room. They said this bed-kit would definitely help the whole family get a better night’s sleep. The mosquito net particularly was a big hit. Surprisingly the Tamil/English dictionary was also one of the prized items. One thing they would have liked to have seen in the kit was something for rain as it can get very wet there. This should be something to consider for next year.
All families had great hopes that their children get an education and good jobs in the future. We hope that in one small way providing a better sleeping environment will help realize this goal.
Kathy Westbrook
Team Chennai, 2020
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