ABDF

As I said in my last letter, I love the month of August. Projects really move fast, since our local partners are all on vacation from work. The last ten days have continued too prove this.

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Mary Bernadad Sithamparappilai first met Project Director Bennett Hinkley a few months after the tsunami back in 2005, before ABDF was formed. At the time he was working with a group of independent volunteers engaged in projects to help deal with the tsunami crisis. Mary told her story, which has since been verified:

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 While I can’t believe that it’s been almost two weeks since I last wrote. My how the time goes. I’m happy to tell you about some great progress on our projects. August is a good time for our projects. Many of our local partners (Prabha for water tanks, Balan for computer labs, etc.) are teachers and in August school is out for the month. That frees up their time and they can spend more time with masons, electricians and so forth. And this is why June is slow; they are prepping their classes for end-of-year exams, grading the papers, etc. I’m sure all my teacher friends can totally relate. So… where to begin? How about water tanks? (more...)