The most
moving day so far. Emotional welcomes from the children, both at the
railway station and at the school. A visit to the girls' school where we
saw the water purification unit that the Commandery paid for, and a
surprise visit to the leprosy village where 46 elderly leprosy sufferers
live as a self-contained community. They have no electricity and the
solar lanterns which we purchased provide a much loved opportunity for
them to socialise after nightfall. Also a detailed tour of the Leprosy
Mission hospital in Purulia which provides the only specialist treatment
for a wide area, with patients travelling many miles by foot or
rickshaw. After 13 hours in the air, 14 hours on a train and around six
hours in cars surrounded by the craziest drivers in the world we are all
physically as well as emotionally drained but would not have missed
this experience for the world!
