Are the Seva participants helping CCF now that they’re back in the States?
Many of them are. One of the things Scott told us during the trip was that the dump is closing. But there are 1000 families who rely on the garbage dump for their income. There’s a CCF community center located right on the dump. It has a medical center and a place where families can get rice and fresh water. There’s also a daycare program for children ages 3 to 8. They get three meals per day and an education. The parents—mostly single mothers—bring the kids there in the morning and then work at the dump. If the dump closes it also affects this community center. If the parents leave, they’ll take the children with them. Scott has a vocational training program where women learn how to make yoga mat bags and tote bags out of colorful, recycled rice sacks. They’re fabulous and they’re sold at a lot of different places in the US. Scott wants to turn the community center into a business. Teach the women how to make the bags, give them a skill Pay them for the bags they make, so the women wo
