After a eight hour journey on the Sachkand Express surrounded with wildlife i.e. mice!!!!!!! we arrived in one piece in Delhi. After being spoilt by Uncle and his colleagues in Amritsar, we found it difficult to cope on our own. However we managed to find our own accommodation in Karol Bhag,which was heaven for shopping, but unfortunately an hour away from schools and women's centre's, but is was all worthwhile because we managed to experience the joys of a freezing to death in the early hours of the morning on Delhi's public transport system.
Having gained more confidence from our work in Amritsar we managed to get more work done in Delhi and kept to a very busy schedule. The two places we visited, Amritsar and Delhi both had children who were eager and excited to learn, they participated, learnt and enjoyed the lessons and discussions very much to such an extent that they kept asking if we were coming back to them the next day.
The women's organization was a lot more active in Delhi, they worked to fight gender discrimination, and tackled problems such child abuse and domestic violence more openly then it was tackled in Amritsar. They held regular support groups and taught self defence one form of empowerment.
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