So only during the second week did we manage to do what we came here to do and that was to help out with the children.We have spent most of the week with the physically and mentally disabled children although on the Friday Kate did go and help in the creche for a bit and Laura's played a little with the prisoners children. Our typical day is:-Breakfast at 8, where we are forced to eat and the Sisters sometimes surprise us with different types of food. For exa...

We made it to Salem on the overnight train which was pretty uneventful save for being hassled by beggars; it was very hard to say no to the children.Arrived on?Tues afternoon to the place called Anbu Illam (translated House of Love) it is a lovely sanctury in the middle of the rubbish and open sewers of the suburbs of Salem. During the day?it is a rehabilitation place for physically and mentally disabled kids, and a Creche for little children whos families need t...

Namaste from Kanur, India!!!We are finally at our orientation wk after 2 days solid travelling! We are running on Adrenalin right now as has about 2 hrs sleep on our very bumpy overnight bus ride last night. Quick sum up of our journey so far:Flight delayed on the tarmac at HeathrowFlight delayed from Mumbai to Bangalore so we missed our airport pick up and had to get a taxi - which didn't have a clue where our hotel was so drove around randomly for bout 2 hr...

Hi this is a blog to explain all the stuff we did in our week in Kanur:First thing we did was have a naked massage with the 3 Swedish girls, a french girl, a belgium girl and a Romanian girl (the people we're living with and doing projects elsewhere) who we'd only met a couple of hours before. Having a naked massage is a great way to break the ice when meeting people.Made friends with a local girl called Dani and went round her house to get all ...