Today I completed my fourth vocational visit and it was to the Tamil Nadu Commission for Women - it's a bit like a Government Department in the UK that focuses entirely on women's issues and policies, so there were some things they do that we don't - like have female only police stations. It was really interesting to compare how we work in the UK to here and also reassuring to hear that some of the issues we struggle with are the same here - whaddaya know eh!! I managed to show them the group work we use with women in the UK for raising confidence and self esteem and they also gave me a book about domestic violence and the law. After my meeting I moved onto my fourth hosts who have never hosted a GSE team member before, so again I need to be best behaviour so as not to put them off having someone else again. My hosts Gupta, Hema, Visakha & Tarun are actually from the North of India and speak Hindi - which is a first for me here so my usual three Tamil words have cut no mustard here, after all that practice too!! Visakha and Tarun are very excited to have a guest and Tarun particularly is keen to hear all about the UK so I have shown him some images of the UK tonight on the internet and he is helping me write this blog. Tomorrow I get to meet the Mayor and also visit Fort St George then Friday have the last of my vocational visits - that will be strange to have no more, but after that we head out of Chennai for a week to see more of the Countryside.
I am pleased to report that I have had no more mosquito bites, but they in turn seem to be turning to Marianne for life supply, and poor Ben seems to be a magnet for all some things that seem to be interested in biting feet!! Marianne have been sharing the last two hosts so it seemed strange to not see her after my visit today as we now have separate hosts again.
Lastly, no change on the weather it's still hot and if anything getting even more so!
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