Volunteer Packet

My dear friends,

So today (after having submitted the waivers and initial $500 fee) I received the second volunteer packet!! I'm so excited!
We will be staying in a large house called The Elephant House. There are separate halls for each gender and in each room there are 6 - 8 bunk beds. I hope I don't snore! (or sleepwalk or have nightmares which are all a problem).
Traditional Indian meals are provided for us each meal, but in case I don't want to eat Indian food for three weeks (even though I love it) volunteers are welcome to bring snacks like granola bars, fruit leather, peanut butter, Nutella (Yum!), chicken, tuna, Ramen, etc. In the mornings we all get together and share breakfast and so we are asked to bring cereal to share. I'm thinking Lucky Charms or Cheerios. Which one? One is clearly healthier, but.... For dinner we all gather together and share what we learned.
So I guess we all have to be ready to go by 8:00 each morning.... That'll be buckets of fun.... At 6:45 every night is dinner and then we have personal time at 8 pm.
There are absolutely NO public displays of affection. This is very taboo in India and so there is no hugging, hand holding, etc. Good think I'm an anti-physical person :D
We are strongly discouraged from giving the children things, instead they earn stars and they can spend them in the Star Store. We can bring things to donate to the store, like coloring books, crayons, jewelry, ties (for the boys), nail polish, games, bubbles, etc. The store teaches them the value of earning and saving instead of begging.

I'm so excited to go!! More will be posted soon!

-EAW