It’s off to work they go!!!
It’s been a week of hard training for the
volunteers here at field base learning about each other, having a cooking
challenge and some community health training. The volunteers have been
allocated to each of the teams and everyone is happy and excited to get going
with their projects. The TL’s have been ensuring that everything runs smoothly,
the buses packed, the food sorted and bags packed. The teams then headed to
their respective project partners for more training on PRA’s, Venn diagrams and
household surveys.
So India Yankee 1, 2 and 3 have been at
Mykaps here in Karnataka for the last two days and this morning they have all
arrived at their villages with each group getting a big welcome party as they
arrived in what will be their home for the next 9 weeks.
India Yankee 1( IY1): Shivu (TL), Gavin (TL), Bahubali, Mully, Najendra, Jamie, Jade, Daryl, Jo, Meera, Jalendra
India Yankee 2 will be in Shanubhoganahalli living in the agriculture co-operative building at the back of which they will be digging a long drop; showers will be taken at a nearby incense factory.
India Yankee 2 (IY2): Etta, Priya, Abigail, Sunil (TL), Jack, Rob (TL), Ross, Yuna, Naganna, Srinivas, Nagesha
India Yankee 3 will be at Mydanahalli living and sharing a house with one of the community health workers and her mother. They will be all settling in to their new accommodations today and will be starting work over the next few days.
India Yankee 3 (IY3): Ajit (TL), Rhodri, Ravi, Edward, Lou (TL), Masheshwari, Kayleigh, Leanne, Dan, Aslo in this group but not pictured Manjula and Vijay.
Over in Tamil Nadu IR4, 5 and 6 are still training with their project partners, Myrada and will be also learning about veterinary clinics. They will be heading to their villages tomorrow and the welcome parties will be greeting them as they arrive in their respective villages.
India Romeo 4 will be at Kannagre staying in one of the classrooms in the local school. They also have use of a nearby house for their bathroom facilities.
India Romeo 4 (IR4): Holly (TL), Boops (TL), Manju, Gunashekarn, Alex, Lucy, Sam, Raj, Sophie, Vijay (now in IY3), Charles, Freya
India Romeo 5 have an big old school house which is just outside the village.
India Romeo 5 (IR5): Chandru (TL), Phil (TL), John, Heather, Hari, Hugh, Selva, Raju, Becky, Tom
India Romeo 6 will be arriving in Hossaty in the morning and will also be staying at the local school and a nearby house.
India Romeo 6 (IR6):
Rachel, Sadiq, Rameshwari, Vishnu (TL), Mahedeva, Mohan, Luke, Jake, Ashley,
Joanna, Roz (TL)
All the groups will be working
hard but also having lots of fun. We will bring more stories of their amazing
journey soon.....
Hi to Luke in India Romeo 6, glad you got there safely! whats going on with your red face? Home is very quiet without you and Milly May is missing you alot! Hope your having a good time kidda, nothing happening at home very boring! make the most of it and hope your having fun! Love Mum and Ashlee! xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Charles, it was lovely to finally see a photo of you with your group today.
ReplyDeleteWe hope you are having fun and enjoying your new home. Everyone has been asking about you, now we can show them the blog and they will believe us when we say you are ok and arrived in one piece! Your friends all look crazy so we are sure you will all get along very well.
Love you lots
Mum and Dad xxx
Hello Jo,
ReplyDeleteGlad to finally get some news of you, and see your lovely piccy. Lots of Nigerians here again, Mum's found a new jive class, Chris has new chef job at Mistral (tho' no luck with Ski job) and Mat has taken to Samba drumming. Hope your living is as luxurious as advertised on this blog
Love dad
To Jo in Yankee 1
ReplyDeleteHey Jo. Glad to see you have arrived ok, and have been placed in Yankee 1! Does that mean you're the number 1 team? Hope you are settling into your new community well, with the rest of the folks. Looks like you have drawn the long straw with where you're staying.
All is well here. I'm all packed to move house on Sunday morning, when I can start working on my thick Brummie accent.
Keep having fun and put some hard graft in.
Lots of Love,
Joe x
John in India Romeo 5 - Hi Brother Moon! Aw, you look like you're with some lovely people and enjoying it already! Miss you loads and am studying Plato at the moment so keep wanting to ask you questions about him but will bombard you with those when you return for Christmas. Hope you're not frying too much in the heat and that your sewing skills were successful. LOVE YOU LOTS will probably write to you at some point.. love Becca xxxx
ReplyDeleteHi Jake in India Romeo 6, good to see your photo - hope you're having a wonderful time. Can't wait to hear all about it! Everyone sends their love,
ReplyDeleteMum, Dad and Pippa xx
Hey John, India Romeo 5, great to your picture with your team. We are thinking of you often and sending love. J K & JM xxx
ReplyDeleteHello to Yuna in India Yankee 2! It's a cold, misty, October evening here in Oxfordshire. Great to see the photo of you and the rest of your team up on the blog. Hope all is going well and you are having a good time. Loads of love, Liz and Mr Wood XXX
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ReplyDeleteHello young man! Brilliant to see the blog and you all look like you are having fun! Sounds like the project is about to begin ... Adele (a volunteer like you, not the singer!) has been posting some interesting blogs and it all sounds very “you”! Operation Bedroom has started … Dad says to tell you he’s painting it yellow (like the ad)! Have you been caught in the monsoon? Are you doing lots of filming? Everyone is asking after you and Fudgems is even more needy than usual with you and Bex not here. Missing hearing your guitar and your songs but so excited for you. Everyone here is fine. Love you lots, M&D xxx
Hello to Daryl! It's great to see a photo of you even though it is of your back! Hope you and the others have a fantastic time and I'll look forward to seeing more about your wee adventure! :)
ReplyDeleteLove your best buddy back home Katy!! Big hugs and kisses! Xxx
To John in India Romeo 5. Hi John, looks like you're going to have a great experience. I have tried numerous times to send you a message, so hoping I am successful this time. Have a great time. I do hope your billeting facilities match up to the lucky ones in, but cousin Sarah says it will be the making of you and she has certainly had plenty of experience in such ventures! Take care and don't drink the water.
ReplyDeleteLove Sandra and Bob xx
Hello to John India Romeo 5
ReplyDeleteGreat picture looks like you'll have a great time. Looking forward to hearing all about it. Love Paula, Allan, Daniel & Kathryn X
Hello hello Ross is India Yankee 2 :)
ReplyDeleteHow is everything going? It sounds so much fun! Sunny Sudbury is no longer sunny and more foggy and rainy, boo! At least when you get rain its hot :)
I hope you aren't resembling Sammy the Crab too much and that you're wearing your sun hat :D
By the time you come home I'm hoping to have mastered how to pronounce the village you are at :)
Missing you lots, love Casey xxx
DeleteMessage to Casey:
Dear Casey, hello hello :) thank you for my message. Please don't worry, my beautiful beard is protecting me for those nasty UV rays! There is a baby goat that wears a gold necklace in our village. Imagine that! It's crazy here! You'd like it :) Ohh goodbyee *tmc* I miss you, love Ross
HI John boy,
ReplyDeleteGood to see you with your new team. We are sure that you are have a great expreience and India will never be the same again!
Speak soon
U Den A Linda and the 2 pants boys
Take care
xx
Hi Yuna! Great picture of you and the rest of your team. We were really excited to see it on the blog. Hope everything's going well - it looks very exciting! UCL asked for your extra ps today so I sent it off. No other news yet. I got my roster for November - Tokyo twice and Vancouver :) Have fun and take care, lots of love Mum xxx
ReplyDeleteHi John India Romeo 5 Looks like your having a great time (big smiley face in piccie). Am sure it's going to be fantastic. Look forward to hearing all about it, lots of love, Auntie Annie xx
ReplyDeleteHi John India 5. Good to see your having a great time (big smiley face in piccie)! Am sure it's going to be fantastic. Look forward to hearing all about it. Lots of love Auntie Annie xx
ReplyDeleteHi to Etta! Hope you are having a good time digging the long drop. You are not missing much at home - the most exciting thing that has happened here is the delivery of my new pine kitchen dresser! Mum has now given up asking me ‘have you heard from Etta?’ ... did you forget to tell her you don’t have a phone?! I hope you are showing everyone how to make proper dahl. Have you worked out how to say Shanubhoganahalli? Have loads of fun. Love Amy
ReplyDeleteHi Charles
ReplyDeleteGlad to see your photo posted you look really well and it looks very hot! We all hope you have a great time in India Enjoy yourself
Love from A.Dawn U.Paul & all the Adams Family
XXxxxx
Yankee 3India Hi Daniel hope you are getting use to your new adventure and. enjoy making new friends more pictures please love Mum Dad Tiana xxx
ReplyDeleteHi family, yeah having a really good time in India been a bit ill for the last 24 hours but i am now fine, having an amazing time, sleep is good as I have an airbed (extremely wise move to bring one) I have not been bitten even once by a mosquito, me and my welsh friend Rhodri cooked are whole team egg beans and toast the other day after spotting the materials in a local town, I have adopted a dog that lives with us that resembles a tiger, relations with the villages are going well, I have sent you a postcard a week or so ago which you will not have for a couple of weeks, I am in Karnataka not tamal na du so no need to worry about the wildlife, my village is called mydanahalli, if your interested you could Google earth it, we went to another village the other day and I discovered that we where the first people outside of India to visit it for at least 80 years, did dad find his phone after dropping me off? hope you all are okay sent my love to the grandparents and please show them this message xxx
DeleteHi Dan IY3
DeleteI hope you get better from being ill. What have you called the dog? Seems like a replacement for the bengal cat we never had:)I see your still thinking about eating all the time, now that you and your stomach are gone there is a lot more to eat and drink. Dads phone was in the car, hes already linked this to grandma. Lots of love Tianna xxx
Hi Dan from IY3
Deletelovely to hear from you. We are all ok and we think about you every day. Glad that you are enjoying the wonderful experience. We have been passing your messages to Uncle Andy and he sends you his love. We are all looking forward to you cooking us a curry!!! Actually, it should be us cooking for you!!! Lots of love Grandma and Grandad xxxxxx
Hello Dan from IY3
Deletehope you are having a great time in India. We are all missing you and we are looking forward to seeing you. It is my birthday on Tuesday and I am having a party on Sunday. I'm really excited about being eight.
I am quite worried about you because i don't know very much about India yet,but everyone has told me you will be fine. What sort of foods do you eat out there? Maybe you could cook me and jack some Indian foods when you come back. I'm so excited for when you come home so i can see you and give you a big cuddle.
We love you lots and lots from Sophia and Jack xxx
Hey Daryl! It's me! Hope you're having lots of fun...cats n dugs and stuff! You're gonna be sad when you come back to this coldness btw! Miss you and can't wait til you're back. Take care and have a great time! I'll be writing to you very soon! Love you!
ReplyDeleterazzle dazzle,
ReplyDeleteit dad again, just found you in your team india razzle 1, r you's playin yankee xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For Priya Devsi India Yankee 2
ReplyDeleteHi Priya
Great to see your photos and that email today was so lovely - I was so happy to read it!
You guys appear to be having fun and I am so glad you got to 'watch' come-dine-with-me even in India - noted you weren't in the winning team this time! Garfield says Hi!
I took Sanita and Mum for a movie and lunch today - Mum said she missed you about 20 times! I will pass on your message to Sanita tomorrow.
So you are going to be digging a big drop? It will come handy for the back garden on your return.
Missing you lots.
Love mum xxxxxxx
For Priya Devsi India Yankee 2
ReplyDeletePriya, I miss you too much and look yourself.I miss you too much come back very quick! If you come back very quick I will be happy. Listen to me, ok? I am your nuny! Thank you.
From you Nuny xxx
For Priya Devsi Yankee 2
ReplyDeleteHello Priya I miss you From Aaliya xx
Hi Priya I miss you loads! We hope you are having a nice time! From Jaiyaxxx
Hiya, hope you are keeping well!!! Great to see your pic's, keep up the good work and enjoy yourself!! XXX Trishna.
india razzle 1
ReplyDeletewell daryl samson ur name has been spelt correctly on google now that i complained ha.
only kidding, over and out india razzle 1 xxxxxxxx
To Rachel Byrne India Romeo 6
ReplyDeleteHello Rachel - great to see your photo on the blog
you & your group look like having a great time. Hope all is well & your putting the sun cream on.
Told Nana J you were near a tiger sanctuary - she said i hope they keep the door shut !!!
Just got back from Ireland..everyone asking about you ...we keep checking for more photos as
is great to see you on the blog !!
Missing you lots... keep us updated if you can !! Lots of Love Mum & Dad xxxx
india razzle 1 seen your freind jo at fireworks she asked how i was doing that was it, conversation over hmm, fireworks were amazing best av seen for a while as t-in park is just a distant blur love you my babe D mind christmas lunch at my bit am cooking xxx over n out india razzle 1
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