The Wheels on the Bus
Wheeee! We were all over the moon when we got our new bus, courtesy of the Sir J R D Tata Trust. It arrived on Children’s Day and we decorated it with balloons and streamers, packed all the kids in and took them for a picnic at the Forest Research Institute up the road. […]
Family Matters
How can you work well if you are worried about your children? We don’t think it’s possible. As an organisation, we have a family-friendly philosophy. We encourage young parents to bring their children to work and have them attend sessions at the project which is appropriate for their age and development. We have had many […]
Hard Work
I spent the morning at KV Junior today and got a little glimpse of the creative approaches the staff has developed for a group of very young children not quite sure they want to be in school yet. Most of them have come straight from the EIC where the day is much shorter and […]
Why?
A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored,”Why is there so much suffering?” Suzuki Roshi replied with a smile, “No reason.”
Numbers
Yesterday in our Core Group meeting we had a reckoning: we considered all the work we have done over the past year and measured it against the money we had spent. We didn’t come out looking good. We had worked like little beavers – in addition to all the services which we provide on a […]
Montessori!
The woman our Foundation is named for – Latika Roy – started the first Montessori school in India, right here in Dehradun. She was trained by Maria Montessori herself, whose then-revolutionary, now-mainstream approach to education was developed for children with mental handicaps! When parents of typical children saw how well it worked, they demanded […]
A Dangerous Smile
Some years ago, the Foundation registered with the National Trust, an autonomous government organization formed to protect the rights of people with mental handicap. Like many things the government does, it’s a great idea, but difficult to implement and frustrating to be involved with. We have been asked to serve on three Local Level Committees, […]
One In = One Out
This is for those of you who live close enough to Rainbow Resale to donate your excess, your clutter, your unloved objects yearning to breathe free. . . the “one in, one out” rule can save you from the tyranny of possessions. Every time you bring something new home, send something old to Rainbow. It’s […]
The Guest is God
Here’s a wonderful poem my daughter Cathleen shared with me. I love it for many reasons, especially living here in India where guests arrive and depart with no reference whatever to anyone’s convenience but their own! The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, […]
Finding Good Staff
Everywhere I go, people are saying the same thing: we can’t find good people to work in our school or clinic or development centre. It’s the same all over the country – at least for the voluntary sector. The corporate world offers such a tempting array of prizes: travel abroad, plush offices, material comfort and […]