Dreams make a smooth landing for these tribal families

Pune: Bhudi Parshu Thorad (40) is happy that she could at last gift her sons and daughters in-law a brick wall home. Chandra Valku Bhalla (21) and her family no longer will have to replace the reeds and cowdung on the walls of their home
EIGHT tribal families, all engaged in growing vegetables and grains at their respective farms in village Nagewadi, now have pucca houses to live in. Thanks to the forty employees of Delta Airlines of USA who, in association with NGO — Habitat for Humanity, have come and invested their time and funds in helping build homes in this village. This was part of the company’s initiative, Delta Force for Global Good (DFGG). The house warming ceremony of one of the villagers was conducted yesterday in traditional style in the presence of US Consul General Michael S. Owen and his wife Annerieke Owen, CEO of Habitat for Humanity India Peter Selvaraj, Director (DFGG) Scarlet Pressley Brown and the company’s employees and six Delta Sky Miles customers.
The dedication and teamwork involved was evident from the neatly built homes. The volunteers toiled for eight hours a day, often in scorching heat, to make this project a success. They were given certificates of appreciation and a T-shirt each.
15/11/07 Deepa Venkatraman/Pune Newsline

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Categories: Foreign Nov 2007