Sharing a special bond

Leicester Grammar School student Elly Broughton (second right) playing skipping rope with the underprivileged children (in orange T-shirts) at Ramakrishna Ashrama during the school’s visit to Penang. — WAN MOHIZAN WAN HUSSEIN/The Star

WHEN you are 14 and planned for three years to make a trip halfway around the world, finally getting there is a reality to savour.

Elly Broughton, 17, sat on the grass in Ramakrishna Ashrama, Penang, seemingly unaffected by the pounding heat of the sun as she busied herself with a bunch of underprivileged girls surrounding her and her bag of gifts.