Something that I’ve also been impressed by is the way in which the girls all rally together to help when there is some sort of pressure or crisis. This week has been one of those times, as the ladies in the Tailoring Unit received an urgent order from a Hindu Temple in Southwest Florida for 1,000 cotton bags. They were to be of a specific design with the ‘Om’ symbol on the side. The ladies & girls in the Tailoring Unit worked through the night a few times & the older girls in the home stayed up for several nights to help until the early hours of the morning. Some were measuring & cutting, others were stitching & others ironing. Then when all the ‘Om’ symbols had been screen printed, they all had to be cut out before they could be stitched on to the bags. Then they were packed into boxes & sent in batches by bus to Bangalore from where they would be flown to the U.S. This batch of bags has also helped to publicise the charity, as the woman, who commissioned the work, was so amazed to find out about the wonderful training & work that goes on here, that she has written an article about it in one of the leading magazines in India.
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| Packing the bags |
Similarly, the children all rallied together to help others when in recent years, on more than one occasion, there were sudden floods in the Kadapa area.
Flood devastation
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| Sorting donated clothing |
When they heard of the loss & devastation that had been caused, the children rallied to help all those, who were suffering & who had lost so much. The whole orphanage stayed up all night, sitting on the floor, making ‘roti’, a type of bread, for the flood victims. Aarti Home also provided two truckloads of pots, which they delivered to the outlying areas, for the collection of water. In addition, the people of Kadapa had such confidence in Aarti Home that they were happy to donate second-hand clothes, so that a relief effort could be co-
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| Repairing clothing |
ordinated by VFT. The women here didn’t just pass on the donated second-hand clothing. The underprivileged women, who had been trained by VFT, donated their time & skill to repair & alter them, as necessary, before they were delivered in large lorries to the flood victims. They didn’t just repair clothes, they also made bedding for use in the flood areas too. In addition, the children gave their time in making up aid packages of food, cooking utensils & clothing, which the staff, older children, the needlewomen & volunteers distributed by lorries in the devastated areas.
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| Aid Pack |
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| Bagging up dahl |
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| Cooking pots |
Something that I’ve also been impressed by is the way in which the girls all rally together to help when there is some sort of pressure or crisis. This week has been one of those times, as the ladies in the Tailoring Unit received an urgent order from a Hindu Temple in Southwest Florida for 1,000 cotton bags. They were to be of a specific design with the ‘Om’ symbol on the side. The ladies & girls in the Tailoring Unit worked through the night a few times & the older girls in the home stayed up for several nights to help until the early hours of the morning. Some were measuring & cutting, others were stitching & others ironing. Then when all the ‘Om’ symbols had been screen printed, they all had to be cut out before they could be stitched on to the bags. Then they were packed into boxes & sent in batches by bus to Bangalore from where they would be flown to the U.S. This batch of bags has also helped to publicise the charity, as the woman, who commissioned the work, was so amazed to find out about the wonderful training & work that goes on here, that she has written an article about it in one of the leading magazines in India. 
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