Inspirational Hucknall teenage Ben Stewart was the latest
guest speaker at Hucknall Rotary Club.
Ben had been part of a team organised by Nottingham Youth for Christ who
headed out to Andhra Pradesh, India in August 2013 giving aid in some of the
poorest communities.
Ben thanked the Rotarians for their support and donation
towards the trip, but Hucknall President Ian Young, said really that it was Rotarians
who should be thanking Ben because of the huge difference he had made during
the 10 days spent in India.
The visit had been life-changing for Ben and had given him a
passion to do all he can to make life better.
Ben spent time in Leper colonies among the Dalit community who are India’s
poorest citizens and treated as outcasts.
They gave out food, clothes, materials and medicine. Ben was particularly moved by the people he
met who saw their visit as a sign that someone from the western world actually
cared about their plight. They were even
asked to name a new-born baby because the family believed that they would
receive good luck as a result. The group
named the baby Esther because in the Bible, Esther was born into poverty and
yet, managed to escape those conditions and became a Queen.
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