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Strangers in the midst
Strangers in the midst
It was not an unfamiliar sight of visitors in this humble village since the emergence of such project that gave birth to foreign faces that had been seasonally appearing in the vicinity and valley of Bhakunde Besi. On seeing the visitors, ebullient expression was evinced from the hoi polloi. To the visitors, everything and everywhere and everybody were strange in the beginning. Possibly they remained so after sojourning in a place sans the 'G' networks and that shown infidelity to the wire!
The trails that run towards the place of knowledge was so natural it put the Mac Ritchie trails to shame. An avid trail runners' dream!
Gotten acquaintance with the faculty of Janajagriti Primary School.
Water
Water
Drinking bottled water was a privilege here. Unfortunately, this was not realised, not to mentioned unappreciated. New bottles were opened, unfinished and unclaimed. Opened bottles were left unattended and disowned for some that impressed upon ignorance on preciousness of water without the slightest remorse, albeit not obvious/observed.
Household water is filled in individual's owned large 'beaker' shaped PVC reservoir from mountain stream. Boiled mountain water should thence be potable, no? Discussion and inculcation with rationalisation on drinking water saving ensued. Addressing the issue earliest enable arresting and ceasing water wastage effectively. It was laudable to observe immediate responsible change from everyone.
Hydro-blast the floor is out of the question here, let alone using potable water to do so.
No foot wear indoor
No foot wear indoor
After permitted to sweep and mop the floor, all were barefooted inside the dwelling.
No separation when dining
No separation when dining
Conjoining all tables for all to dine as one.
No problem sitting on the floor
No problem sitting on the floor
Proactiveness in housekeeping appropos to oval sitting during facilitation sessions.
Language
Language
Basic language like namaste may lead to loquacious atmosphere even with strangers.
No to tardiness
No to tardiness
Bad time management predicated tardiness. Such inchoate wont was prevented from becoming trite. Writ large improvements thenceforth.
Assigned timeline -
Five days to clothe the blue roofed walls. This premises will
be Janajagriti pupils' future secondary school. The latter
saves them about 2 hours walking to the existing ones.
The team was able to complete the assigned task two days before the deadline because they declined to change the norm.
Follow the regulars' schedule.
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