June 28- Thorn in my Side

The day started pre-dawn for three of our members today; Denise and Jesse worked on presentations for the upcoming AIESEC conference in New Delhi for June 30th 2007. Shamin left early to meet with PCI doctors to purchase a much needed water purifier for their HIV care centre.

While Shamin was settling out the details of our donation, the rest of the team returned to the “Promised Land” to finish up the 2-day workshop we had started the previous day. To our dismay, we had accidentally packed the wrong suit case and brought no workshop materials with us. Scrounging up pens and papers from around the bus to find suitable materials to continue, the returning children were very interested and keen and had many good questions about HIV. We did some HIV related improv and then finished the day discussing abstinence and condom use.

With our workshop over, Team India took a break to hike up into the hills behind the Promised Land—it was one of the few times during our stay here that we can say that we were alone…with the exception of the cows and cow shepherd we saw. After that thorny adventure—on our last day here in Salem—our visit came full circle, saying goodbye and donating first aid kits to John Solomon—our hook-up here in Salem and a man who is doing great things for children affected by HIV. With Salem in our minds, we are now heading further south to Perambular.

 






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