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In India we celebrate the Teachers’ Day on 5th September. We are very happy that we were able to prepare a small celebration despite of lock down. We all met again after more than 5 months and there were truly tears of joy in our eyes. We spent a wonderful few hours together, enjoying a small […]

This year we prepared only a small celebration of The Independence day. Nevertheless we enjoyed it and were grateful to be able to spend some time together.

We are in the fifth month of a lock-down, helping as much as we can during these challenging times: distributing food, organizing online classes, encouraging girls to be creative, active and curious. Thank You, our dear Friends, Luc Upanja, CED and the others for your continuous support.

Despite the fact that our school is still closed due to the corona virus, we try to encourage children to stay active and creative. On the World Environment Day, our youngest ones were given the task to plant their own tree. Their mothers also joined them. “To plant trees is to give body and life to one’s dreams of […]

While helping to rebuild some of the damaged houses in Piali we have decided to outreach to people who have been even more affected by the devastating cyclon Amphan. We visited the village of Sitolia in Sundorbon and brought some relief to 68 families with the promise to stand by them during these extremely difficult […]

Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a powerful and deadly tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India and Bangladesh on May 21st.  The damage is huge but we are grateful that our lives have been spared, the children are safe. All through the night our school was a shelter to many villagers whose houses were too damaged to stay behind. God […]

Here is a glimpse of our dear girls during the lock-down. They are staying active at home, doing some wonderful art work, helping with household chores, studying and playing.

During the lock down due to  covid 19, we are grateful that we can help our children and their families with food packages. Complete closure lasts now five weeks and we are grateful for every day of life and health. Our children are all safe and we pray that it also stays this way.  We […]

Wonderful musicians among us! This time our dear friend Jennifer Heemstra brought with her Marissa, Valerie, Mia and Tasha from Michigan State University. The beautiful ladies introduced us to classical music by playing clarinet and piano. We also danced and practiced our English together. We are grateful to Pitch Pipe Foundation and Calcutta Classical Guitar […]

We are grateful to Apeejay Anand Children’s Library for inviting our girls to be a part of their wonderful art workshop where underprivileged students got the opportunity to show their creativity and art talents. They created beautiful art on the white umbrellas.