What a warm feeling to come back to the village,find the new roads and some new built houses.And meet all those women that I've been so close to through their embroideries and in pictures all the year. And there they are: Mima, Ottami, Radiya, who has got her first baby after many years of waiting, Mirga Barju Fooli... Six new babies on these 38 women!
Warm hugs and smiles,shy as well as open..Many individuals.
GUESTS
My granddaughter Agnes and boyfriend also visited the village.The girls are very interested in her...
CIRCLETALKS
This time in Bhil Basti I want to try to create a better understanding and knowledge between the women and for us a better base for our work. So we decided to create smaller groups of women and start this attempt for better understanding.
Kulvinder writes and our new coworker Pooja translates. A warm and open athmosphere is created.Thanks to all!
We made a scheme of questions: Name, age, how many children, Husbands name, age, Work? Income, (all didn't know how much the husband earned).
Problems:Husbands who drinks,some doesn't even leave any money to the family." He comes home at midnight and we don't know each other"
Dreams: here they laugh and put the dupatta for their faces.- big nice houses with bathroom and running water.Money for private school for the children-.
Needs:money for daily life.
Whishes: often are the answers of their problems.
Interests: all are interested in Embroidery and want to continue this work. One young girl who wanted to be teacher also read books.Some likes to work with sewing-mashine.
SAMDA
Samda is a widow, we rent her yard for some of our meetings, as we decided last year to support, first the widows and women who are the most needing, that will be those with alcoholized husbands, and other that we can detect as very needing support. The circle-talks will help us to find out about this.And also how we can give help to self-help.
This is in the house of the family to Maya - Kanchan, one of the four girls that we help with money for private school." Maya is brilliant her teacher says, and the other girls are also good, they are very interested in schoolwork.
Because of our visit Mayas father satyed at home this morning. He is a stoneworker, he loads the big lorries with cut stone.And now his back has been hurt, so he can not work all days.One of their sons had a MC accident, and broke his leg so he will not be able for work in one year. This man doesn't drink. "Because I'm religious" he says, starting a little preaching...The family is very poor and Patani, Mayas mother will join our embroideryclub to make some needed money.
SUNDAY IS THE DAY TO MEET SCHOOLGIRLS
So we decided to have a meeting with them today. We sent greetings to Britta-mam whom they long for very much. And we gave a little theme for embroidery: "What makes me glad- happy." They made drawings as Britta thaught them and after they got cloth and yarn to make an embroidery to send to schoolgirls in a class in Sweden, Norrkoping.Perhaps it can be an exchange of embroideries!
HERE THE GIRLS ARE WAVING TO BRITTA-MAM AND WHIS HER TO COME SOON!
3 comments:
ÅÅÅ så gött att se dom igen. Skicka pussar o kramar till dom, fast det gör man ju inte där. Säg att jag också längtar efter dom. Kul att ni har Poja med. Britta
Underbara bilder, syns att det blivit bättre i byn.
Monika L-M
Underbart att se alla! Hälsa Kulvinder, Pooja, flickorna och kvinnorna i byn! Vilken fantastiskt greij att ha cirkelsamtal! Jag blir SÅ GLAD!
Kram Joanna
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