This email was received from John McIntyre on Friday, Nov. 17, and is an update from our members in India:
We have now been in India for about 11 days. We were hosted by the Amreli Rotary Club for three days and toured many projects. The current Global Grant project, Chital School improvement is almost finished. About 400 students and many parents attended two days of celebrations and it was amazing to see the happiness this has brought to this community.After a 3 hour drive, 1 hour flight and 6 more hours on the bus and we arrived at the Rotary Club of Chalisgaon. The next day we made the 2 hour drive over very rough roads to the Global Grant project in a small remote community. As we entered town the road was lined with hundreds of smiling faced children and many parents. 300 toilet blocks and education agreements with each family will make a huge difference to the hygiene of this community. Again a fabulous program focused on hygiene education took place in front of a packed house.After two and a half days of driving we are about to arrive at our third Rotary Club Ichalkaranji.Murli, John, Susan, Chuck, Diane, Patricia, Raghwa, Sarita, Vivian and Keith.