Playing at the Zoo
While a Rice Bowls team was visiting several of our Orphanage Partners in Bangalore, India, we got to join about 40 kids, including Barnabas at the zoo.  We saw cobras, white tigers, and lots of monkeys.  For many of these children, this trip across town was one of the first times they had left their neighborhood. Barnabas is almost 12.  He was born in a slum and abandoned in pile of trash, before coming to one of Rice Bowls Orphanage Partners.  Some physical disabilities that make him small for his age. His fingers and toes are malformed, but he doesn’t let that stand in his way. He loves to play guitar and paint. Since coming to the home, he has been treated for tuberculosis. Now, he is doing great.
The funds you raise with Rice Bowls buy food for Barnabas and hundreds of other children.  Thanks to you, he eats three quality meals per day.

Hearing and Hope

Meet Ganga, from Bangalore in southern India. She is 4 years old and in her first year of school. Ganga lives at Violet Children’s Home, along with her sister Velanagani, who is 6 years old.  Their mother passed away. Then, the girls were abandoned by their father who was an alcoholic.  Ganga has an ear condition that could have caused her to loose hearing. But since arriving at Violet Children's Home, she is receiving medical treatment, along with an education, nutritious meals, and consistent, loving care.