We would like to sincerely thank Second Vivekananda Bridge Tollway Company Pvt. Ltd., for the new façade, fresh drinking water and solar power that will help us stay an environment friendly school.
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10th anniversary of our school
On Saturday, February 24th, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our school. Preparations have been in progress since the beginning of the year as we really wanted the program to be beautiful, hearty and sincere. The responses of our visitors, joy, gratitude, as well as tears in the eyes, showed us that the efforts paid […]
This January: sports, music and new school supplies
Wow, it’s cold. This January was one of the coolest months we’ve had in several years. So we took care of the heat ourselves! We organized a sports day with several different games: running, skipping rope, balancing, collecting potatoes… and had a great time doing it! We received a visit by musicians from the USA. […]
General eye examinations by ARGOBBHAWVA organization and Kolkata Lion’s Club
Sincere thanks to the ARGOBBHAWVA organization that worked alongside Kolkata Lion’s Club for carrying out general eye examinations not only for all of our students, but also for their parents and other members of the community. The village elderly are often especially neglected, receiving poor health care and suffering a poor quality of life. What a great […]
American Bluegrass Journeyman group came for a visit
We clapped and danced to the tunes of the excellent American Bluegrass Journeyman group, whose intent is to introduce traditional American bluegrass music to a wider audience across the world. Thanks to “Live in Series” for organizing this special event, allowing our students to get to know less well known instruments such as the violin, […]
Celebrating 25th anniversary of CED Foundation
The CED Foundation, which helped us build a new school and which also sponsors a number of our students, has stood by our side for a number of years. They unselfishly support over 500,000 people in need over four continents across the globe, irrespective of ethnic background, faith or gender. Their motto, “Let’s Help One […]
Celebrating Children’s Day
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 […]