Sunday, October 29, at JCWP 2006 in Malavli (near Lonavala), India
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On Sunday afternoon, we arrived at the construction site and quickly went through registration.
Our badge indicated the house that we would be working on -- a duplex forming houses 31-32. We found our location, and soon Jerry Feese (right), our colleague
from Lawrence, came by. He was assigned to a different house.
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A crew working in Malavli had been developing the site for most of the year. For each house, there was a
slab in place with the plumbing. The doors had already been set in place with three blocks already laid to hold the doors. In front of the house,
most of the supplies were neatly stacked -- mortar mix, concrete blocks, and roof components. The remainder plus a set of tools would be picked up in the
morning.
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The floor plan has one large room, a kitchen, and a toilet room off the kitchen.
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In the evening, the convocation was held under the huge tent where we were to take our meals. We were welcomed
by Habitat India and Habitat International plus Jimmy Carter. The program ended with some traditional dancers; we were each provided with a set of
sticks to beat with the dancers.
We then met our crews, had the first of many terrific meals and headed back to our hotels.
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On the Habitat web site, we found photos by Kim McDonald of one of the families with which we worked. Jyoti and Maruti Tikone
live with his mother and their two children in a mud-walled home. He works in a small factory, and they have a small plot of ground for raising lentils and rice.
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Maruti's mother, Vitabai, with their baby daughter, Snehu. We didn't get to meet either one of them.
There is a
story
about the family on the Habitat International web site, but almost certainly
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It's a 20 minute walk for Jyoti to get water each day from a dam.
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