Sunday, January 07, 2007

Jaathara - 7th Jan 2007

A Cleaning Trip of a kind !!!

A small set of volunteers of 7 adults and one child went to Mutthathi - all brave and ready to clean up the galeech at the bank of river.

lo and behold ! what a sight that greets the team. A throng of about 4000 worhshippers at the river bathing, washing clothes, cooking, eating, merry making. Should I utter the words I dread to - well litter all over. The task at hand even with a 17 member team on the last trip was too small to tackle the problem at Mutthathi.

So consider with the Jaathara going there was no way that we could have even attempted a clean up. The team went on to Bheemesawri to the CFC and had a meeting with the Manager there. Details of the meeting at CFC are in the trip report - to be posted here soon.

Yet some of the most remarkable decisions and greatest of commitments recieved on this trip need a highlight, so see the next post for the same !

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