Barbey (FF 1088) - Naval Cruise Book

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Bombay, The Gateway to India

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PROJECT HANDCLASP During BARBLY ' Sfour day port visit, 30 vuliiih teers pariicipated in project handclasp, the Navy ' s Goodwill Humanitarian Assistance Program. Thi site selected by the American Consulate was thi Garden School oj Bombay. Founded twelve years ago by Sister Felicity Morris, of the Society oj Jesus and Mary, the school which is entirely inter- denominational received some support from the Catholic Relief Services. Today, however, the school depends entirely on private funding as the Catholic Relief Services now concentrate on rural rather than urban projects. At the moment, the school has 1 27 very poor students from the slums and streets of Bombay, attending school five days a week, through the second grade. The children are bathed, given clean clothes and are fed milk and break in the mornings and rice and curry for lunch, usually their only two meals. Although Sister Fe- licity has enough funds to meet her day-to-day ex- penses, she does not have funds for repair projects for the school itself. Barbey provided resources, materials, officers and men to repair the deteriorat- ing building. Armed with tools, cleaning supplies, paint, construction materials, our men worked two days to repaint the interior of the barracks-like school. In addition, the crew delivered Project Handclasp items consisting of can goods, soap, shampoo, tooth brushes, cleaning supplies and chil- dren ' s books to the Garden School. LTJG Pcola. GMG2 Martinez. ET3 Wheeler. BTl Henrique:. BT2 Pendergraft. HTl Pierce. EMC Pangilinan. BMl Brown. STGC Wooden, SKC Mirador. STGSN Swanton. STGl Martinez, BTl Lugue. MMl Block. ENl Flannigan. MM I Pittman, BM3 Cohen, SR Sielski. MM3 Lukason, MMFN Van- heuveln, GMMl Jones, MAC Alimbuyao and oth- ers volunteered their time and services for this wor- thy project.