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.”
Live in Music musicians: Sumit and Debjit
We were again pleasantly surprised by the visit of the wonderful #Live in Music musicians. This time we were pleased to say hi to Sumit and Debjit, who introduced us to the electric guitar and a huge double bass… or as Sumit jokingly put it – the dinosaur violin! This was the first time we […]
The girls from POTA came for a visit and brought joy, smiles and creativity
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 […]
70th anniversary of India’s Independence Day
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. […]
Health Check-up and Awareness Camp
A great thanks to the ARGOBBHAWVA organization for arranging a free-of-charge medical examination for all our students and their parents, for distributing free-of-charge medication and for carrying out a workshop that covered the subjects of upbringing, marriage and hygiene. We trust that this is just the beginning of our continued cooperation, combining our efforts to […]
Visting Jyotirmoy Public School
A sincere thanks to Mr. Susant Das, Principal of Jyotirmoy Public School, for inviting us to introduce our school and present our activities to the students of Jyotirmoy PS. Six of our own students taught the public school students how to create greeting cards using colourful paper and thread, which was a really great opportunity […]
Rohan Dasgupta inspired us with his music
Ivana, Rohan and Sandip took us on a journey into the magic world of traditional Indian music. They used sitar, drums and Indian flute. Thank you for spending some very inspiring time with us. This is a short video on their visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwvDgsCrhBg Visit Rohan’s website: www.rohandasgupta.com
A Visit of Bengali Folk Group “Sahaj Manus”
#LiveInMusic / Classical Guitar Federation has again pleasantly surprised us by organizing a short classical Bengal music concert. They sang and danced ‘Sahoj Manus’ (Simple Person). Our students joined in, especially by singing well known local songs.
A Visit from our Sponsors
We are grateful to Sonja, Edo and their three sons, Lovro, Jakob and Nace, for their kind visit to our school. The family sponsor are little girl Puja, who was extremely happy to receive their gift.
A visit from Dr. Susanne Pechel, the president of the CED Foundation
We are time and again pleased to receive a visit from Dr. Susanne Pechel, President of the CED Foundation that helped build our new school and that continues to support 55 of our students. Despite the short stay, the time we spent together since last meeting two years ago was really special. Thanks to Susanne […]