On Tuesday we visited a village called Kyasamballi, which is home to the Rotary Club of Kolar president Venkatesh.  We were hosted by a village leader named Ranga Reddy whose father was the first chief minister of Karnataka, the state’s highest office.  The family home was built around 1880.  It had 6 inch carved teak doors and an inner courtyard.  At one time more than 40 extended family members lived in the house.  We toured the village schools and water supply.

There is a section of the village that is very poor, populated by “scheduled castes”, who are people that are on the lowest rung of the social ladder.  Their huts had burned down in a fire about five years ago and the government built them concrete replacement homes. We toured the area and Venkatesh has agreed to purchase 15 filters for some of the villagers from this section.  We agreed to donate 10 filters using contributions we received that were designated for that purpose.  The village is hosting a health “camp” or awareness day on Monday and we will attend and bring the 25 filters at that time.

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