Life is still going fast here in Bangalore as usual. We both have been quite busy with our computers. Mikkel and a couple of other colleagues are starting to set up the Sharepoint system in the company. The information flow from Copenhagen to India should be improved with this system.
Meanwhile, I had a little project of my own. Our club in Bangalore, the OWC (Overseas Women’s Club) organized a Charity Ball last Saturday. I made the boards decorating the Ball room to present the charities to the guests. I had very few days and very few ideas, and the rest of the volunteers where, well, hmmm, busy? So I haven’t got that much help to get material and ideas. The club is helping 26 charities and I’ve made 26 Boards. Maybe they are not the most professional looking boards, but at least people could read about the Charities. Here are two boards:
While I was making the boards, I thought I could tell you a little bit about the children in the streets of India. Some of you ask some good questions and with this Blogs one can explain and tell lots of things to everybody at the same time.
There are hundreds and hundreds of Charities in India, and of course here in this state where Bangalore belongs to: Karnataka. Like everything in a third world country, some of these people are working really hard to support their projects while some other are just looking a way to make good money to their own families. We always have to be very careful to follow up where the money is going to. Most of the charities focused on street children. Everywhere you look here you will see children, some of them wealthy and some of them half naked. Some of them fat and some of them just skin and bones. It really breaks your heart to see these poor children with such a big smile! There are both street children by their own and children involved in organized begging. The street children are usually trying to collect stuff from the garbage (food, paper and other things to sale…) and beg in a “relax” way while these poor organized beggars are monitored by adults and they have to run from car to car and from tourist to tourist to collect as much as possible. I now a woman that explained to me, that she and her friend tried once to take one of these beggar children with them in the car to bring them to a charity where they can attend school. The poor boy was scared to death and a couple of adults suddenly came out of a corner to take the child with them… People working/collaborating full time in charities really have to be strong to keep up the hard work in this never ending task.
NIÑOS EN LA INDIA
La vida sigue pasando igual de rapido aqui en Bangalore. Ultimamente parece que todo ha estado girando alrededor de los ordenadores. Mikkel junto con otros colegas estan trabajando en lanzar el Sharepoint en la empresa para que el trabajo sea mas fluido.
Mientras tanto yo he estado bastante ocupada con un pequenyo proyecto. Nuestro club OWC (Overseas Women’s Club/Club de mujeres extranjeras -> Página en espanyol no disponible) ha organizado una fiesta el sabado pasado para recaudar fondos para las organizaciones que ayuda. Son en total 26 organizaciones no gubernamentales y he tenido que hacer 26 posters. Ha sido en muy poco tiempo y el resto de voluntaries han estado ocupados… Bueno, que como no soy muy creativa me he visto en un pequenyo apuro pero al final todo ha salido adelante y la gente ha conocido a las organizaciones. --Arriba, incluido en el texto en inglés, hay dos de los veintiseis posters--.
Hay cientos y cientos de organizaciones humanitarias en India y, por supuesto, también aqui en el estado donde pertenece Bangalore: Karnataka. Hay gente trabajando muy duro noche y día para sacar proyecto adelante y como pasa en muchos otros sitios, hay otros que solo se preocupan de su propio beneficio. Hay que estar siempre muy alerta para saber a dónde van dirigidos los fondos. La mayoría de las organizaciones estan enfocadas en los ninyos. Por todas partes te encuentras ninyos, ya sean bien vestidos y con buen peso o medio desnudos y en los huesos. Se te parte el corazón en ver a estos ninyos en tal pobreza pero mirándote con una sonrisa tan magnética! Hay ninyos que viven en las calles y hay mendicidad organizada. La diferencia es que los crios que viven en las calles estan siempre entre la basura buscando cosas para poder comer o vender y piden de una manera mas relajada y los pobres crios organizados estan vigilados y tienen que correr de coche en coche o de turista en turista para recaudar lo mas possible. Durisimo. Una mujer me comentó que un día con una amiga intento llevarse a un ninyo en el coche y llevarlo a una organización donde pudiera ir al colegio y el crio se llevó un susto de muerte. Un par de adultos aparecieron amenazando y se lo llevaron a otro sitio. Un chapó para todos los que se dedican a trabajar duro para las organizaciones porque es desmoranlizante ver una historia que no se sabe si va a poder acabar…
