Day 5 - Bringing Smiles in the Children
Welcome to the final day of me helping Lotus NGO's impoverished children. Today was an eventful and memorable day where I had the opportunity of allocating school supplies and host a feast for the children. I managed to buy some of the school essentials and basic needs of the NGO, as well as a nutritious meal for everyone. Due to the Purchase Power Parity (PPP) gap, I had more money available to me in Indian rupees than I could have in dollars with the same amount in the USA. In the previous days, the children had given me a list of supplies they really wanted. Majority of their wishes were supplies for school. I made sure to buy each children a backpack along with notebooks, pencils, erasers, sharpeners and pens. A handful of the children wanted diaries in addition to the given supplies. I purchased all the listed items which cost me roughly 300 in Dollar terms. Few staff members accompanied me. From there, I went straight to the NGO. After arriving there, I carried my load of s