Special Visitor

This morning we had a very special visitor join us at the food bank for a tour. Dwarko Sundrani from Bodhgaya India, who is the last disciple of Mahatma Gandhi was in Phoenix on the final segment of a tour of the United States. Dwarko is the founder of 360 schools in India and has spent his life focused on the development of all kinds of vocational service programs for the under priviledged. He told us stories of helping families start gardens to be able to grow their own food and become more self sufficient. However, he soon recognized the key to ending the poverty cycle was education and turned his focus to starting schools for the children. He and his travel companion, Sri Sridharan, were very impressed by the amount of food we distribute and the way we work with the community to secure donations.