It is March 5th, and the Just One team has returned to the Shiva Ji Mission School in Lakshmanpur, Varanasi. Today we are a little later than usual, so we begin to distribute the oranges to the students almost as soon as we arrive at 11am. The children wait patiently as the oranges are distributed to each of them, many responding with huge smiles as the gifts are offered.
320 children from ages 5 to 14 years are today offered oranges and their continued delight to receive and enjoyment in eating the fruit is obvious. When the distribution is complete we leave the school and walk around a large pond and then through some wheat fields. As we walk we hear the school bell and then the calls of the children standing on the banks of the pond joyously waving and calling for our attention. Their reserved demeanor of the classrooms has vanished replaced by the vibrancy and aliveness of childhood. Creating vitality and opportunity through Just One.
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