Tag: Karnataka flood relief 2010
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Last day in Raichur
The report from Raichur!! Today is the last day of working here for us. We had some pieces of bread and chai for breakfast. This is the last breakfast here. Unfortunately everything is ending. I must miss the meal here… After we got power, we started working; such as bringing sands, unloading blocks and bricks, and sprinkling water on the walls of houses. I think we worked hardest than ever because all of us did not want to regret at all. Today is the last. During the break time after the lunch, most of the students went up to the…
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living life with a smile
4 March 2010 Raichur This is my first trip to india. I felt so many differences between Japan and India. First, I was surprised at unique Smell of India. I can’t explain well but it’s so impressive because there is no smell in Japan. Second, I felt a power of religion. Almost all people in India pray to God and they have a mind which most Japanese don’t have. I think it’s great thing to live here. Third about poverty. I have known India has a lot of problems about poverty.But when I came to India,there are big big smiles.…
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We never succumb to the heat
Day 3 in Raichur Today, we took break to visit the village which was suffered from the terrible flood. The people who live in there will move to the houses we are building right now. After the breakfast we started walking to the village. 15 minutes later, we faced to the river, so we crossed it by small and round boats. It was cool!!! It looked like a boat in a fairy tale. We got so excited. Then, we arrived at the village. We got warmly welcomed by the adults and fantastic welcomed by children. We were shouting, dancing, singing…
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Day2: Incredible India
Hi from Raichur! Today,our second day we have keep working on Anma’s housing project. Our group members collect and packed metals, moving hundreds of bricks,and put sands on the foundation part of houses. After working under the strong sunshine,we got a opportunity to go to Shiva Temple. It is located at the top of small mountain covered with huge rocks. We had 15mins hiking to reach the Temple. At the peak,we sung bhajan,pray our project go well, listen to the smooth music played by ethnic instruments. Under the full moon, I wanted the moment never ending and felt comfortable with…
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The first message from Raichur
Hello hello, This is the first message from Raichur 🙂 We arrived at Raichur yesterday, and we started the house building project today. OK, I’ll show you the today’s work below. No,1 We unloaded many bricks from tracks. These are needed for basic part and wall. Approximately 1000 bricks 😮 No, 2 We also made the basic part of houses. We were bringing sands into the holes which are made by bricks, and made them flat by tools. No,3 We cleaned up the fence of window. Some windows have unneeded excess concretes on the fence, so we had to remove…