Monday, October 30, at JCWP 2006 in Malavli (near Lonavala), India
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Everyone arrives early for breakfast. The homeowner
women all had cotton Habitat saris that they wore all week. Ginger was amazed that they worked
as hard as anyone but mnaged to stay clean!
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Each morning began with devotions after breakfast
before work began.
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The first order of business was an Indian blessing
on the project. Jyoti (left) and Jijabai opened the packets of dyes, spices and incense for each
front door of the two homes.
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The women of the 100 families are all members of a cooperative.
All are in need of adequate housing, but, as part of the cooperative, all have developed a
track record for hard work and for borrowing and repaying loans. It was for this type of economic
self-help program that Muhammad Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Jijabai got right on to laying block for her home.
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Our team was led by two house leaders and six crew leaders, of which I was one. My crew
got busy on the walls on the left end of the house.By the noon break, the walls were rising and some of the windows had been set.
The objective for the day was to reach the 12th course of block, even with the tops
of the doors.
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Ginger lined up the block with J.H. Moon, a Citibank volunteer
from South Korea who was also a member of my crew.
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At the end of the day, we are pleased
with our progress and take a picture of my crew. Behind us, the wall has reached the
twelfth course, although the wall between the kitchen and the main room has not. Between
J.H. and me is Amitesh, an MBA student from Pune, India, who worked with us for
two days before returning to classes.
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