MYSELF WITH AUSTIN’S FAMILY just before good-byes are said. They are leaving at 3 in the morning for the airport heading home to Canton, Ohio, U.S.A. It was nice to have them here the last 29 months. It will be different when we return in the fall and they won’t be here. Alice was the photographer so she couldn’t be in the photo. Alice had fixed a great breakfast casserole for our supper along with her special grape-nut pudding.
FORMER SEX WORKERS quilt two layers of old saris to make throws, etc.
Yesterday, I visited the Bengal Gallery in Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There were photos featuring several issues including child labor. It mentioned that 17.5% of the children between age 5-15 work with the average income a max of $10 per month whereas the average adult laborer receives $50 per month. In the brick factories they get paid $0.90 for every 1,000 bricks they handle! Those working in the silver cooking pot factories get 200 taka ($2.80) per week working 10 hrs per day. In this poor country the families are desperate for food and so send their children to work, sacrificing the opportunity for education, etc.
AUSTIN, MY SON with Pruitt, our grandson.
WOW, MAY is coming to an end. Next comes June, the month in which we leave for a 3 month stay in the U.S.
YOUNG LAD ENJOYING AN ICE-CREAM BAR on a hot day!
GRANDMA WITH GRANDCHILDREN in front of their home on the Dulahazar Hospital Complex.
YOUNG LAD ON THE GRASS at the playing field in Town Hall. Exercising, half-time show, or just stretching?
BOY AT THE KAMLAPUR RAIL STATION in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We took the train to Sri Mongol and spent 5 days at the Tea Resort. It was a very relaxing and encouraging visit.
PAHELA BAISHAKH, the first day of the Bangla New Year is the biggest holiday for Bangladesh. These boys wanted their photo taken.
GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDSON in Kushtia town.
RILEY, OUR GRANDSON makes a “house” in the hallway (computer area) between the Dining Room and the Bedrooms. He arranged some toys for a store, but no customers showed up!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HARRY, amar choto bhai. Born in 1955 and now 55 years old.
JENSEN (top photo) and Pruitt (bottom photo), grandsons who played in football (soccer) tournament at the French School yesterday.
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