Day 4 Rising Star
Today we went to another leprocy colony. We went with Camille and I, the two other volunteers, Shanta and Heather , a couple in their 70's who are volunteering for a year, Nancy and Daryl, Natalie the student from park City , a driver, Robbie an administrator with Rising Star and two local women , Abby and Kavita, in their twenties who have medical training and are our interpreters. The colony used to be in an outlying area but they were moved in the city. The houses were concrete and multiple generations lived there. Because in India you do not leave your family when you marry, if your grandfather had leprocy and was Moved to a colony, you might have grown up here and your children too. We saw a woman who was so proud her grandchildren were being educated at the Rising Star school. We saw a woman getting water with a bucket from the water well. Garbage was strewn around but we were told we were not allowed to clean it up. It is up to the village leader to have it done. C...