Update on Activities
for Sep-Nov 2005
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Let
me start with the good news of
the season!
We have signed an agreement of sale for purchase of our school land! We hope to start the construction of school building from next month God willing.
...And of course, we need loads of help to build the school building. Any contribution, in any form is welcome. We would be most grateful as this will be a big step towards providing our best to village children coming from economically poor
families!
This October is an unforgettable experience for me.
We have been able to successfully rehabilitate Panayur, a small hamlet on outskirts of Chennai, completely devastated during Tsunami floods last year.
A grand ceremony was organized on 11th Oct, 2005 to officially handover the village amenities to village Panchayat, as part
our Tsunami Rehabilitation
initiative.
Hon’ble Minister Thiru D Jayakumar, Minister for Law and Information
Technology, commended the indomitable spirit of villagers who left no stone unturned
in bringing life back to normal.
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Later in the day, he met children from Gurukulam and was quite amazed by
the 'Baba black sheeps...', 'Jack and
Jills...' and all rhymes coming from the nascent minds. He was in
all praise of the children and the teachers
who brought the best out of them.
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Thiru D Jayakumar
with Gurukulam Children
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This November saw us celebrating the Children's day. Teachers and parents together got our children dressed up for FANCY DRESS competition . This was the first fancy dress competition held
at the school and enthusiasm was
simply amazing! Such was the
response, it was actually
difficult to identify who is the
actual child behind the scene!
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Leaders
of yesterday or Leaders
of tomorrow?
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Guess who am I?
Great fanfare ... great ideas ... The children had dressed up as Nehru, Gandhi, Avaiyar (A Tamil Poet), Bharathiar (Our freedom fighter and Poet), Policemen, Gypsies, Doctors, Teachers...the list was varied and cute.
And here are some of our prize winners...
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Great
Show!
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Great
Going!
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Our special THANKS to the team from Ramachandra Medical College who conducted the medical camp for the school. All children and mothers greatly benefited
out of the program. We are looking
forward to the continued support from this team...
One more good news...Trust Children has been covered
by the
Tehelka e-newspaper by
Mr. P C Vinoj Kumar, who has given our work a great review. Our THANKS to him to have taken the trouble to help us help our children. We hope that more and more people will join us through his writing.
We are
now looking at starting the
construction of new school
building and are looking forward to your continued support. UWCSEA Singapore and Yogoda Satsanga Society of
India, who have always stood by us, are extending their support by helping us with the school building, as part of their Tsunami rehabilitation efforts. We hope more corporate/ individuals will extend their support towards building a permanent structure, and sponsoring a school bus for the school and help make a positive difference to these children.
Thanks to all of you for making
this school take shape. We have
plenty of work ahead..... and I am
sure we will rise to greater heights
through your loving participation.
Click here for Tsunami rehabilitation
update....
Click here to see more of our
activities during the year...
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