As we talked with our guide in Varanasi about the hopelessness and poverty we witnessed everywhere, we learned about Kiran (literally 'ray of light'), a place for children (most with polio, CP, rickets or hearing impairments) to receive education, skill and vocational training, and rehabilitation. We asked him to take us to see this center run by a Swiss woman. We drove through the countryside for an hour enjoying the break from the city. What an inspiration to see a clean and peaceful place where the children happily studied and practiced skills! We were satisfied that a donation to that school would have a much greater impact than giving rupees to the street beggars in the city.
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