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May 30, 2013

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Kailash Bodhi School, Rangri by Thangamma Cariappa

The words "Kailash" and "Bodhi" translate to mountain and enlightenment respectively. The school for Tibetan and Nepali refugee children in Rangri echo these very words. I was definitely inspired and enlightened by the teachers, who depending on the weather would be forced to teach two classes simultaneously! The school has a limited infrastructure and it's four classrooms are occupied by 8 grades. Every morning select children practised karate after which the school assembled for morning prayer. Interestingly, the Tibetan, Nepali and Indian National Anthems are sung, followed by an oath in English. The first period starts at 10 am and school closes at 3 pm. I volunteered to teach all the grades which included the pre-primary children, aged 3 years, Lower Kindergarten and Upper-Kindergarten. This proved quite a challlenge because of the language barrier but they took quickly to learning action rhymes and songs. I was able to do beading activities to hone hand - ...

To Teach and Be Taught, adventures at The Chander Abha Memorial School for the Blind.

The following article was written for our community magazine by Meadhbh O'Donnovan who spent eight months this year volunteering at the blind school in Kullu. To Teach and Be Taught, adventures at The Chander Abha Memorial School for the Blind I arrived in the bustling town of Kullu, after an arduous but spectacular bus journey from Delhi, early on a February morning earlier this year. Shortly after the first, of what was to be many, cups of chai, I was introduced to the staff and students of The Chander Abha Memorial School for the blind. The adults and children who were to become my new colleagues and family for the forthcoming months. I was shown around the three storey building which houses two Non Government funded organisations, The H.P. Mahila Kalyan Mandal (Women’s Welfare Organisation) and The School for the Blind, which is the State level Branch of the National Association for the Blind (N.A.B.). The School for The Blind was established by the M.K.M in 1997. It started wi...

HELLO! This is the first entry of Kullu project volunteers Anja and Fiona. Sisters from France, British nationality.. 20 and 21. We’ve been here for just over a month now.. and haven’t been that efficient at updating the blog.. sorry about that! But we do therefore have lots to tell now! We feel like we have settled in nicely to valley life, we enjoy our outings to all the different structures immensely! Things aren’t perhaps as hectic for us as other volunteers, the two weeks to a month (depending on the school) summer holidays kicked in mid July. We are occupied most days, focusing on the orphanages who have plenty of free time for us to try and fill, but it must be less running around to all the different institutions than others have had it. We went to the Blind school, GSSS, and Bahart Baharti before they broke up for holiday, a few times each. But if not our time has been spent in Kahlehi, Bashing, Vashist, and Manali (Mrs Sudershanas), the four orphanages. We also had the fun ex...

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