Picking up where I left off...
We left Sari Bari and went back to the office and had some lunch around there at this place called Biscotti. After that we were going to Freeset, which is another organization that women who have been rescued from trafficking are given work and they make bags and shirts. It is in another red light district and it is slightly north of the city so it took about an hour ride to get there. We had such a fun time in the car ride because we have a hilarious driver who literally was crossing onto the other side of the road to get us there faster, it was insane! The driving here is so out of control but it just is what it is and you just have to laugh about it. Once we got there we met the head of the organization, we'll call him john (my title is something he said that stuck out to me). He talked to us a bit about freeset and what they are, how they started, and that sort of thing. I was really excited to get to hear about another company doing such great things for the community. After that we went on a tour of the site, which is huge, and so much bigger than sari bari. It is like 4 floors of working and they employ approximately 300 women who are former exploited women. It is such a huge production and they get so much work done...it is really amazing.
We spent about 3 hours there talking and touring the place and seeing the women. At both places we are not allowed to take pictures for obvious reasons so my description will just have to suffice. We bought some shirts and bags there as well (cause you know we all love supporting good causes). We needed to leave and go get some dinner after that so we had our ride take us somewhere close since our hotel was an hour away. We went to this pizza place nearby and it was delicious!
When we got back to the hotel we did our debriefing time and just processed through everything that we had seen and heard that day. It took a long time because of everything that was going on but it was such a nice time to reflect and hear about what other peoples experiences are of places.
Following all that we decided to go see Khushboo and her family. All 5 of us went to her home and we (of course) had some orange soda and chips. It was such a great time to talk and laugh with her family and to see the baby again. It was really awesome to have the other 3 be able to meet all of them and see where they live. They are seriously the most kind people and insist on feeding us something while we are there. We took lots of pictures and had some good laughs as well. We stayed there for almost an hour and then decided we need to come back to the hotel. However, on the way back to the hotel we saw Leah on the street. She is this 3-5 year old girl who lives on the street with her family and last year James had quite the connection with her. She was so happy to see us and we got some good pictures with her too.
This was the longest day ever (yet all the rest of the days are going to be long as well!!) We came back and decided to stay up a little while longer doing some things around the room and then finally went to sleep. I will use another post to discuss what we have done today, but we are about to go to dinner now!
We left Sari Bari and went back to the office and had some lunch around there at this place called Biscotti. After that we were going to Freeset, which is another organization that women who have been rescued from trafficking are given work and they make bags and shirts. It is in another red light district and it is slightly north of the city so it took about an hour ride to get there. We had such a fun time in the car ride because we have a hilarious driver who literally was crossing onto the other side of the road to get us there faster, it was insane! The driving here is so out of control but it just is what it is and you just have to laugh about it. Once we got there we met the head of the organization, we'll call him john (my title is something he said that stuck out to me). He talked to us a bit about freeset and what they are, how they started, and that sort of thing. I was really excited to get to hear about another company doing such great things for the community. After that we went on a tour of the site, which is huge, and so much bigger than sari bari. It is like 4 floors of working and they employ approximately 300 women who are former exploited women. It is such a huge production and they get so much work done...it is really amazing.
We spent about 3 hours there talking and touring the place and seeing the women. At both places we are not allowed to take pictures for obvious reasons so my description will just have to suffice. We bought some shirts and bags there as well (cause you know we all love supporting good causes). We needed to leave and go get some dinner after that so we had our ride take us somewhere close since our hotel was an hour away. We went to this pizza place nearby and it was delicious!
When we got back to the hotel we did our debriefing time and just processed through everything that we had seen and heard that day. It took a long time because of everything that was going on but it was such a nice time to reflect and hear about what other peoples experiences are of places.
Following all that we decided to go see Khushboo and her family. All 5 of us went to her home and we (of course) had some orange soda and chips. It was such a great time to talk and laugh with her family and to see the baby again. It was really awesome to have the other 3 be able to meet all of them and see where they live. They are seriously the most kind people and insist on feeding us something while we are there. We took lots of pictures and had some good laughs as well. We stayed there for almost an hour and then decided we need to come back to the hotel. However, on the way back to the hotel we saw Leah on the street. She is this 3-5 year old girl who lives on the street with her family and last year James had quite the connection with her. She was so happy to see us and we got some good pictures with her too.
This was the longest day ever (yet all the rest of the days are going to be long as well!!) We came back and decided to stay up a little while longer doing some things around the room and then finally went to sleep. I will use another post to discuss what we have done today, but we are about to go to dinner now!
Leah and I
Kelly and Chris with Khushboo, her sister & baby, and her mom
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