The weekend has seen us visiting the ruins of ancient civilisations, exploring caves and a sunset ride on an elephant. Oh, and there was another cake, the fourth, which I’m promised was the last! But on Saturday we stopped by a local hospital in the area we were touring where we had arranged to deliver a large amount of baby clothes which had kindly been donated by two of Della’s colleagues. The hospital, although fairly modern, was very basic and very full. Dogs running around the maternity ward didn’t feel quite right. But we met up with Dr Somaratigne the hospital’s Director and Dr Chandradasa the chief paediatrician who had trained in the UK. They explained that the hospital served a very large rural community who were heavily reliant on selling produce from the land. If their crops failed, they instantly experienced real hardship and with that hardship came health problems.
The timing of our visit was really useful as the hospital is marking World Children’s Day on 1 October and they would be able to distribute the clothes to some of the most needy families. So what may have seemed like a bag of unwanted clothes will definitely go directly to some of those who will benefit the most.
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