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 […]
Devastation of Cyclon Amphan
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 […]
Our girls during the lock-down
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.
Food distribution during the lock-down
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 […]
A small concert of classical music
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 […]
Art Workshop
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.
Happy Birthday Piali Ashar Alo!
We celebrated our 12th anniversary in style! Our perfect team prepared the perfect program. We are grateful to all of you who came to celebrate with and and also to those of you who supported us in your thoughts and prayers.
Celebrating with Sushmita
“Let’s have fun under the sun”, said our dear friend Sushmita and invited us to Eco park, the biggest park in Kolkata, to celebrate her birthday together with her friends and family. We enjoyed the Seven Wonders, beautiful flowers, romantic Mist park, delicious food, refreshing ice-cream and much more. We returned home exhausted but some […]
Thank you Tina!
Tina Gams, who has been sponsoring two of our girls for many years and with whom we collaborated also through her organization LU, Love is Universal, has prepared a special surprise for us. All proceeds from the sale of her first book for children she has donated to support our school. This gesture touches us […]
Let’s play football!
We support football training at Piali and we are especially proud of our girls’ team!