World Vision Report - Week of July 3, 2010

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Week of July 3, 2010

Umbrella Repairman

Peter Aronson/World Vision Report

A man in Manali, India, sews one of the spokes of an umbrella back into place.

Description

Even the most stalwart umbrellas take a beating in the heavy wind and rain of India's monsoon season. When they break, Ramesh Chand fixes them. Peter Aronson has this street vendor profile from Dharamsala.

Encore presentation from September 12, 2009.

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Date

Jul. 03, 2010

Location

India

Reporter

Peter Aronson

Keywords

rain monsoon storms Dharamsala Manali Ramesh Chand

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Other recent installments in the Street Vendors series in the World Vision Report.

Other recent stories from India featured in the World Vision Report:

- No Toilet? No Bride (Jun. 19)
- Monsoon Preparation in Southern India (June 5)
- Bollywood Bound (May 29)
- Maximum City (May 29)
- Living With the Monsoon (May 22)
- Rural Incubation Lab (May 15)
- Ladies' Market (May 15)
- Women in India's Parliament (May 1)
- Surprise Guest (Feb. 27)
- DDS Radio (Feb. 13)
- Dosas (Feb. 13)
- Films From Ladakh (Feb. 6)
- Momos (Feb. 6)
- Ear Cleaner (Jan. 16)
- Hole in the Wall Computers (Jan. 9)
- Solar Engineers (Jan. 9)
- Man-Made Glaciers (Dec. 12, 2009)
- City of Widows (Nov. 14, 2009)
- Leaving Prostitution (Oct. 31, 2009)
- Visit to the Ganges (Oct. 31, 2009)
- Water Wars (Oct. 10, 2009)
- Bollywood Bound (Aug. 15, 2009)
- Tibetan Refugees (Aug. 1, 2009)
- Asian University for Women (June 13, 2009)
- Building a Better Rickshaw (May 23, 2009)
- Child Bride Rebellion (May 23, 2009)
- Rickshaw Ambivalence (May 23, 2009)
- Radi Walla (May 16, 2009)
- Indian Math School (Apr. 11, 2009)

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