The profit went to the women and last year they used it to go to a woman's gathering in a nearby city, their first such trip. As in many parts of India, the farmers could not produce enough to feed their families for a year so went off to provide temporary workers in the new factories. They also spent a couple of months in the forest gathering leaves for herbal medicines and flowers to dry and brew for alcohol. This was the attitude in many other places so some NGOs were trialling more relevant forms of education relying on local teachers. While they get a lot of visitors, no-one else has been willing to come and live with them.
Water comes from a well but most of the washing and laundry is done in the river.
The doctor refuses to come there. Like most doctors he prefers to stay in the towns where he can enjoy the comforts of urban life and make more money. The family still relied on what they could earn so frequently it meant the children ended up begging and the girls turned to the sex trade. Adults could not take over the jobs that children did so that didn't work either. Many activists argued that the issue was the need to improve the conditions that the children worked in, as well as giving them the chance of education, but it remains a very divisive issue.