Big Trouble in Little Penukonda

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Saturday -
Woke up today to find that the staff meeting planned had been cancelled due to a matter in town, due to a land encroachment issue.
This took up most of Manil's day, but luckily she had all the support of her staff. With the change of plans, Ronny showed us a detailed inspection of the textile factory.
The textile factory is a factory empowering women, by providing a space of employment for women to craft. They also educate women from different villages how to craft so that they may tailor their own wares, or add an additional source of income to their household.
SEDS School and Textile Factory
The Women's Workforce
Basha
Bachie Needs Photo's Too
Beautiful Crafts, Made by the Women
The Women's Sewing Equipment
After the textile factory, we went to the SEDS school. With Debbie in class (grade) 5 and myself in class (grade) 4, we attempted to teach the kids some English there. However, at least in my class, there was little structure of my visit which led to confusion. I was asked to ask the children some questions (without a specific area or topic) and the children were asked to ask me some questions (without a specific area or topic). So even when I did ask questions, there was shyness, confusion and language barriers (even with simplest English) preventing an questions being answered.
I then joined the jeep and dropped the kids at their homes at the various villages around.
Gangamma Helping Debbie with Her Shawl - Amma means Mother
Gangamma and Venkathama
School Youngin's Lined Up
All Aboard
Posers
The Last of the Many
Goodbye!
Thank You!
Ronny went through a SEDS powerpoint presentation, showcasing all the amazing work that SEDS has been involved with, including some of the amazing outcomes theyve achieved. Ronny also mentioned some of the many hurdles they had to overcome and how they overcame these hurdles.
Sanipalli Hill
At the end of the day, Manil had returned and we were able to chat with Manil about the days happenings, both what we did and what she had to deal with.

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