Rotten Tomatoes

August 19th, 2008 by Ryan

Hello all,

Devi went down to Rimbic on market day. Two parents had begun to carry firewood again so the Food for Thought program was reopened. She bought fruits and vegetables that do not grow in our village to introduce a larger spectrum of vitamins to the malnourished kids. On Wednesday, we asked Himal to carry up the produce. He made a lame excuse and said he would carry up the load on his horse the next day. He didn’t. On Friday, we asked him again, but he decided to sleep the day away instead. On Sunday, Jai Narayan carried up our goods in a burlap sack on his back. The rotten produce leaked through and wet his shirt. Smelling the load from far away passersby asked him, “What are you carrying? Whose it for?”
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