Running Smoothly

Things are running smoothly at Parichay and the boys are picking up the Urdu very well. The special and younger kids are now off for a month due to the heat.



Today Viay conducted Parent Teacher meetings to track the progress of the special kids and set future learning goals. We went to Tribal Fusion again last week and we shall also be going this Thursday.

Currently classes are only running until 11.30am as the afternoons become unbearably hot. Today Amar asked me about healthy eating and so this triggered off a class on eating healthily, the function of various vitamins, minerals and nutrients. After this, I got the children to make some daily healthy eating plans in groups.

Tribal Fusion

Tribal Fusion

New Centre - New Beginnings

The start of the month commenced with the senior boys and Vijay shifting all belongings to the new centre. The boy's effort was commendable and really reflected their commitment to Parichay as a whole. The boys loaded many heavy items in to the rickshaw alone, then transported the rickshaw alone without the assistant of any adult!
Such actions are always an important reminder of the bond in Parichay and the common ideal that runs throughout the project.

It is heartwarming to see the project entirely in one place, now Parichay has both physical and emotional unity. Now that all of the belongings and fittings are firmly in place, I have made a video of the new centre in action, along with some pictures of Parichay at it's new home.

In addition to this, the new centre will allow for much more activities to be facilitated. I saw this in action today, when the senior boys cooked a very delicious macaroni dish! I have already suggested some new ideas to which Vijay was very receptive. The fabric off-cuts which are used to make wallets could also make wonderful handmade stuffed animal toys.