We walked to the local church this morning and joined the Brothers and the villagers at mass.  By the time we returned to the Brothers’ house people had started to arrive for the Rainbow Project gathering and some of the ladies helped our girls to dress in their saris.  We recorded this so that we will be able to put them on properly when we come home!  We received a huge welcome when we joined everyone at the Rainbow Project and we received lovely plaques for the schools, which recognise the work which is done to support this project.  A huge amount of effort goes in to making the Rainbow Project gatherings fun for the children, and the Brothers had arranged for a magician and a dancer to entertain them.  It was really lovely and very moving to see the children having such a good time.  The children were given their school uniforms and books and pencils to enable them to continue to attend school and then they had lunch.  Afterwards we played clapping games and cricket with them until it was time for the families to leave.  Most of them had traveled quite a distance to get here and for some of them they had a 4 or 5 hour return journey.  It was both emotional and enjoyable being able to spend time playing with the children and mixing with the families and now that we have seen the difference our contribution can make we are all thinking of more ways to help when we get home!