Tsunami reconstruction
Can you imagine having mutton, chicken and fish for breakfast at 7:00 in the morning? I did, and it’s definitely not the usual.
Took about a four hour drive to a small village. Stopped at a small orphanage/shelter home for women. The same people are also running a school for about 600 children so we went to the school as well. They needed sponsorship for a new building as the attendance goes up every year, and some classes were studying outside in a shed like building.
Visited another project that The Family International is working on, the building and reconstruction of about 60 houses. Houses are the main security for these people, and many of them only make enough money to eat for one day and cannot afford to have a house (house = 1 semi large room that contains the kitchen, bedroom, and sitting room, and one bathroom)
I learned something very new on this trip. I learnt that giving people what they need is not easy. The sponsors usually have a certain project or concept in mind, but out there on the field there is a different picture. Evaluating who to give to, what to give them, how to give it to them, and executing all the work is no small task…whew! I have so much admiration for my dad who has put hours, days, weeks, and months of time and patience into this.
PS: something interesting…the house papers are all in the women’s names as many of the men drink a lot and fail to support their families. The women take care of the children and work, so they get the house!
Not enough classrooms!
Sunrise over Chennai beach