Veiws from the Street

On our way to church this morning, I took some pictures from our fast moving auto rickshaw. I put them in Photo shop and cropped them. Here is a younger man, perhaps a son, helping an elderly man on an early morning ride in his wheelchair. He seems to be happy in his service.

The sideway is a popular place to build a home with whatever materials that you can find. This is a larger than typical home constructed from "finds" along the road. Bricks, rocks and dirt are piled up with tree limbs and a tarp to construct this multi family dwelling. We have many of this kind of shelter in the bottom half of our complex, and also in a field accross the road in front of our complex located right next to the road market.

The last picture is of a family who lives on the side of the road. They have their belongings in a pile on the sidewalk. The children are naked in this picture. They move from one side of the road to the other depending on where the sun is and if they want it or not. They had crossed to the other side of the road as we rode by them after church, the children still had no clothes on. It is a difficult situation that we are certainly sensitive to.