I did a couple of home visits to see how some of the families live. One family has 9 people living in a single room while another family has 7. In both cases, the room measured no more than 6×10 feet. In the 1st photo, the family’s father recently past away from illness and the widow of 6 children is now unable to work due to having health problems herself. And though I wished we could take all the children, we were only able to accept three of the younger children out of the 14 children from the two families. It sucks to have to tell the children we can’t send them to school and see the disappointment and sadness in their eyes.
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Photos of my classroom (above), inside and from the outside. The trash is sorted and packed away to be sold for a few rupees per kilo. The color markers and pencils and coloring books were donated by people from Italy, along with other school supplies. The children love to color and draw. Thank you for the generous donations.
Well, the days are getting hotter and more humid. And though I take many showers each day to stay cool, it is tiring in this heat. For the children, it is the start of Malaria and Dengue flu season. Already, a few children are coming in with high temperature and fever.
For the next couple of weeks, the goal is to get some of these children off the streets and into clean and good learning environments.
I wish everyone wonderful and bright days.
Well, the days are getting hotter and more humid. And though I take many showers each day to stay cool, it is tiring in this heat. For the children, it is the start of Malaria and Dengue flu season. Already, a few children are coming in with high temperature and fever.
For the next couple of weeks, the goal is to get some of these children off the streets and into clean and good learning environments.
I wish everyone wonderful and bright days.
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