CanSupport, a life-giving aid (Part 3)

And the third and last experience with CanSupport, for now. This time it was on Friday, the Day Care for adults.

As the public was different we could make the same number as the previous days. This time everyone was sitting on the mats and just when we arrived they started to get up, but because at that moment they opened their turn to distribute the medicines.

We started the show, with the prized company of one of the responsible ladies and had a beautiful and contagious laugh … sure success!

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The adults began to smile, but when we looked at them quickly they hid their laughter, especially they, they made the hard ones showing seriousness before our antics … That was simply shyness and protection, to minimize the possibilities of which we chose them as volunteers… hehehe…

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A lady of the public, offered from the first moment to collaborate, did not stop laughing … she reminded me of my aunt Mari Carmen … I took her to dance, she challenged Mayra to conquer me, and we went to her to give her a little color to the scene with his presence … all a taste … The whole show continued with the enjoyment of all … with many protagonists … by timid or by daring … we played everything …

Once finished, we applauded and embraced each other, all delighted and with good feelings. Some smiles meant a lot to us, they taught us that we had really contributed to creating a better world, if only for a few minutes …

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Before we left we spoke with Pukhraj, he invited us to accompany him to make some visits in the afternoon that he does on his own two days a week. We accept, sure it would be interesting.

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We meet at the subway stop A.I.I.M.S (All Indian Institute of Medical Science). It is a mega public hospital, the largest in India. It serves illons of people from all over India. In the outskirts, patients accumulate for months waiting for their treatment, which can sometimes take years. So patients and their families move to Delhi awaiting treatment and stay on the street or in a “residence” designed for them, until their treatment arrives.

When leaving the metro we find Pukhraj. There was also a group of volunteers with whom he had collaborated long ago. They were preparing to feed hundreds of people waiting for treatment outside the hospital. They offered to help us and we got down to work there! Our function was to join the chain and give people water glasses. People received their portion of water with smiling faces out of curiosity towards us …

Then Pukhraj took us to where he wanted to take us … It’s about the hospital residences, where people live for months or even years. Prices range from a bed in a bedroom for 50 rupees to a floor space for 10 rupees per night. We went to see the crowded people in this last option, people without resources who also do not have the means to make a living …

It is a large room where each family is assigned a plot of 2-3 square meters, one plot attached to the other, on the floor, on cardboard, with the few belongings of the family. A really sad vision. There Pukhraj walks around the room and patients and family explain their problems, so he can make targeted contributions, such as medication, or in some cases items that can change lives, such as a sewing machine to make clothes to sell …

Many of the people we had shared with at Day Care were there. A man even offered us a soluble coffee from about … how little he had … to thank us for the good time spent with the show …

We were about to act there, we were ready, but the guards and the administrator of the site did not want us to make noise … to avoid any publicity, so he did not leave us …

It was a difficult situation, it was like walking through the lives of people who are not having a good time, but Pukhraj insisted, and he does a very good job. Our role there was to entertain and play with all the children that were joining our step. We made games and antics and had a great time …

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A vision that did not leave us indifferent … see it to feel it … At the end we said goodbye to the people and Pukhraj who was going to the pharmacy located outside the residence with a retinue of people that he was going to buy so needed medicine …

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