Orphanage visit

Many children in India are having a hard time, byt luckily some people care about them.
Together with some other expats, we visited an orphanage just outside Gurgaon.
The ophanage was started up by Indian volunteers, and today is the home for about 10-12 children.
Dominations were of course welcome, and one of the most wanted things (which they could not afford) was an electrical drilling machine. A few days later, we bought a fine Black&Decker, and handed it over to the people running the orphanage. A small gift to help doing practicalities on a daily basis...
I also should add that electricity just recently was installed....

Welcome brunch the Indian way.
To start with, the children was very shy - but they lightened up quickly.

The kitchen - all food served from here...
All done by volunteers

We brought some pearls to play with...
Childrens creativity is an international language :-) 

This little girl was left at the riverside by her mother, not having the resources to raise her or take care of her daughter. She was found by some locals, and lived for some time in a local village before she was brought to the orphanage some months ago.   It's only a few weeks since she started to talk a little bit..... Anne by her side, helping with the pearls.

 The orphanage takes care of the children, gives them food and pays for school. For some reason all off the children at the orphanage are amongst the best upper third in their classes. Maybe they had a tough start of their lives, but they now have a future and will get proper education to (hopefully) get a job later on....
The 'operational' costs for one child is about 2.000 rs per month (equals 20 £ / 200 DKK). Many of the expats decided to make donations to support the future of the children we met that day.