Visitor

Bangladesh Chalice Mission Journey
November 16 - 30, 2010

A group of 13 visitors came from Canada on behalf of Chalice on 16th November 2010 in Jessore, Bangladesh. The mission of the trip was to visit a Sponsor Site in the developing world like Bangladesh, to meet with the sponsor children and families and also visit some of the famous places.

On 17th November the group of visitors was received with a small reception by RRF staffs, sponsored children and guardians at the RRF Training and Resource Centre.

Next day they went to Khulna district for two days visit in the sponsor families and schools run by RRF. They were warmly welcomed with lots of flowers and garlands with smiling faces. The group met with some of the parents of sponsored children at slum area of Khulna district. After that they went to the school named Barnamala Bidyapith at Sonadanga, Khulna. There the students presented a small cultural program with singing, dancing and other enjoyable activities. From there we take them to Mariapolli, Bagerhat where they also met the sponsored beneficiaries. The visitors distributed some gifts they brought from Canada as token of love among the young children. On 19th November the group went to visit Sundarban, the biggest mangrove forest in the world.

It was on 20th November that the visitors went to Mujibnagor to visit another school named Fr. Eugene O'Leary School. It was funded by Chalice and the sponsors and most of the students were the sponsored children of Jessore Sponsor Site. There the visitors also met with some sponsored families and visited some of the local famous places.

On 21st November, the visitors went to Shimulia early in the morning. They joined and celebrated the Holy Mass at Shimulia Holy Rosary Church. After the mass they visited Barnamala Bidyapith, Kamarpara. There they visited different classes and meet the children in their class rooms. After that they visited Kamarpara and Shimulia Villages, meet the community people. Some sponsors meet their sponsored children and their families individually. They visited the Shimulia graveyard, Church primary school. After that they attended a material distribution ceremony in Shimulia Church compound. They distributed the food packages among the elderly people, gifts among the community poor, blankets among the sponsored children. In the evening they joined a welcome ceremony followed by cultural program. It was a wonderful day for the visitors as well as the host.

The group of visitors had an enjoyable day with the students having a picnic at a park near Jessore town on 22nd November. They as well as the children participated at different games and competition and got prizes. The Canadian visitors also distributed small gifts among the children and everyone had a great time together.

From 23rd November to 29th November the group had a trip to visit Cox's Bazar, St. Martin Island and some famous places at Dhaka. On 30th November the visitors left Bangladesh for Canada. They really enjoyed this unique opportunity to have a close look at Chalice's Mission.