Friday, January 15, 2010

DAY SEVENTEEN - Jan 13th - Mathura

Today is our third day of vocational visits on our trip so far and many of the team is excited to see some of their tours. This day of vocational visits is all done as a team so everyone gets to stay together and visit each place as a team. Our first stop is to one of the largest hospitals in Mathura. It is a large facility offering free medical services to the poor, a free nurses school for the poor girls and mobile medical assistance to remote villages. The entire place is run by doctors of all ages that have commited themselves to the practice of helping the needy. Sort of like monks I guess. They run completely on donations from the public and corporations with no govt funding. Its another sign of humanity helping humanity, which is so heartwarming. Our next stop is to visit a college of technology and management, all the classrooms are very modern with state of the art equipment and facilities. On our way to our next destination they stop in at a local hospital that is run by a friend of the district governors.

As a treat the rotary club takes us to Pizza Hut for lunch and the entire team indulges in some good ole fashion PIZZA!!! Continuing on in our day we stop at a local rotary blood bank project which they have been working on for 3 years. They are just waiting for the govt permits to be given so that they can open their doors to the public.

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