This is Razia and the complex that she and other partners built in Porbunder for the ultra-poor families to move into.
These are the flats that the parents live in. They literally beg us to take their children from them and put them into the hostels and give them a good education.
These are a mom and 2 daughters that were moved into the new complex. All 3 have a blood disorder Thalasemia, they need constant blood transfusions.
Below is the hostel where the children stay and go to school.
This is the mother whose daughter that I sponsored. She gets all her water from outside her flat.
The cows we kept seeing everywhere:
So now for some the nice "treats/rewards" that I got: enjoying fresh coconut water as much as could with a lovely beach around us that stretched for miles on our drive from Porbunder to Malya Hatina.
I was staying opposite to King Rana's Palace in Porbunder. My great, great, (about 5-6 generations) grandmother, Ladoo Dossi was married to King Rana and most probably lived in this palace!
In Mumbai, I rested and read books on this most comfortable swing in my friend Priya's apartment.
That's all folks, I do have lots of other photos, I carry some of them with me if you want to see more, do let me know. Thanks to all of you for your encouragement for me take this trip, it was indeed life transforming.
p.s. Quite a few of you want to visit India, we are planning a visit to India for a group of 8 or 12 for next January, 2011.
