LONG bridge

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From: Sherri Kirkpatrick <skirkpatrick@healthedconnect.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 10:30 PM
Subject: LONG bridge
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From: Sherri Kirkpatrick <skirkpatrick@healthedconnect.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 10:20 PM
Subject: LONG bridge
To: <Healthedconnect.goodtogo5@blogger.com>

The foot bridge that connects remote Nepali villages with a rocky dirt road is a quarter of a  mile long.  The dirt road is undergoing significant construction in preparation for a major thoroughfare to China.  The villages will undoubtedly change dramatically, for better or for worse, when it is completed.

The 50 children at Raigaun were the reason for our journey over the bridge.  A warm but shy welcome greeted us as the children modeled their backpacks and enjoyed the chocolate treats we brought. Supplied with uniforms, books, shoes, and backpacks provided by HealthEd Connect, they willingly walk an hour each way to school for the privilege of obtaining an education. We empathized with them as we struggled just to climb up the steep path to the little corrugated metal church where we met!