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On Saturday, February 24th, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our school. Preparations have been in progress since the beginning of the year as we really wanted the program to be beautiful, hearty and sincere. The responses of our visitors, joy, gratitude, as well as tears in the eyes, showed us that the efforts paid […]

Wow, it’s cold. This January was one of the coolest months we’ve had in several years. So we took care of the heat ourselves! We organized a sports day with several different games: running, skipping rope, balancing, collecting potatoes… and had a great time doing it! We received a visit by musicians from the USA. […]

Sincere thanks to the ARGOBBHAWVA organization that worked alongside Kolkata Lion’s Club for carrying out general eye examinations not only for all of our students, but also for their parents and other members of the community. The village elderly are often especially neglected, receiving poor health care and suffering a poor quality of life. What a great […]

We clapped and danced to the tunes of the excellent American Bluegrass Journeyman group, whose intent is to introduce traditional American bluegrass music to a wider audience across the world. Thanks to “Live in Series” for organizing this special event, allowing our students to get to know less well known instruments such as the violin, […]

The CED Foundation, which helped us build a new school and which also sponsors a number of our students, has stood by our side for a number of years. They unselfishly support over 500,000 people in need over four continents across the globe, irrespective of ethnic background, faith or gender. Their motto, “Let’s Help One […]

We celebrated Children’s Day with our students today. On this occasion, I’d like to cite the words of Nobel Prize winner and huge supporter of children’s rights, Kailash Satyarthi, who said, “This Children’s Day, let’s focus on the fundamental rights of our children and their future instead of long speeches.”

Our July and August was again made more vibrant this year by our POTA volunteers. With their help, two plain white walls were soon bathed in rainbow colours. The ladies also taught German and English and spent time dancing and doing creating activities with our students… they also joined us for tea and enjoyed local […]

This year marked the 70th anniversary of India’s Independence Day, calling us to pay very special tribute with a rich program of song, dance and the recitation of much loved homeland poetry. We raised the flag in thanks to every single person who worked to ensure that we live in a free country today.   […]