Annabel, Maddy, Evie & Alice Home Visit
Near to 6:30 pm Annabel,Maddy,Evie and I all gathered ourselves in the breezeway in our beautiful, colourful saris . A group photo was taken and we quickly hopped on a rickshaw to the lovely family home of Kumkum. On our journey to Kumkum's house we were all chatting away about what we might talk about with our family and what food we might be served , we also took a cheeky selfie in the rickshaw.
We arrived at Kumkum's door and received a very friendly welcome from the entire family. We were seated on their sofa and were served a pink coloured welcome drink; it was an obscure flavour that we had never come across and something we can add to our long list of things tried in India. During our conversations we found out that Kumkum used to work at Sangam and that she had trained all the hospitality staff. From this moment onwards we all really looked forward to our dinner as we knew the food would be even better than Sangam! Dinner was served and it definitely met our expectations , it was a feast consisting of potato cakes , chickpea daal , rice and spicy Indian soup all served with a variety of side sauces and dishes. To finish of dinner we got given an Indian sweet which tasted a lot like Cornish fudge!
To make our family visit even more special , Kumkum told us that in the Hindu religion it was a special festival day where young girls are recognised and given food . This fitted our visit perfectly as this is exactly what she did. She gave us a traditional blessing along with 101 rupees and a traditional , Indian bracelet . It sadly came to the end of the evening and we took a group photo to remember this special family and their generosity. We left the evening feeling shocked and amazed at how , all because of Girlguiding and the sisterhood it creates we were welcomed in to a complete stranger's home and given the loveliest meal imaginable. It really showed us that Girlguiding is everywhere and it brings such joy to everyone.
By Alice
We arrived at Kumkum's door and received a very friendly welcome from the entire family. We were seated on their sofa and were served a pink coloured welcome drink; it was an obscure flavour that we had never come across and something we can add to our long list of things tried in India. During our conversations we found out that Kumkum used to work at Sangam and that she had trained all the hospitality staff. From this moment onwards we all really looked forward to our dinner as we knew the food would be even better than Sangam! Dinner was served and it definitely met our expectations , it was a feast consisting of potato cakes , chickpea daal , rice and spicy Indian soup all served with a variety of side sauces and dishes. To finish of dinner we got given an Indian sweet which tasted a lot like Cornish fudge!
To make our family visit even more special , Kumkum told us that in the Hindu religion it was a special festival day where young girls are recognised and given food . This fitted our visit perfectly as this is exactly what she did. She gave us a traditional blessing along with 101 rupees and a traditional , Indian bracelet . It sadly came to the end of the evening and we took a group photo to remember this special family and their generosity. We left the evening feeling shocked and amazed at how , all because of Girlguiding and the sisterhood it creates we were welcomed in to a complete stranger's home and given the loveliest meal imaginable. It really showed us that Girlguiding is everywhere and it brings such joy to everyone.
By Alice
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