Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Rice Planting Completed

The 2012 monsoon brought very little rain to our area so the Government decided to stop  releasing irrigation water from the dams to conserve water for drinking supplies.  This is bad news for farmers throughout our district.  We've arranged to buy extra water from our neighbour and at the end of November planted about 2 acres of rice.

Israel and Pothi survey the newly planted rice fields.



Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Widows' News

In November we welcomed a third widow to Shalom.  Her name is Saroja.  She is fairly frail and in poor health but we hope that with regular food and some love and care, her body will gain strength and we'll see a smile back on her face.  Israel took Salome to the eye hospital for a check up and she got new glasses to replace her old ones which were tied together with string.

Our newest widow Saroja

Salome with her new glasses