This year marked the 70th anniversary of India’s Independence Day, calling us to pay very special tribute with a rich program of song, dance and the recitation of much loved homeland poetry. We raised the flag in thanks to every single person who worked to ensure that we live in a free country today. […]
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Health Check-up and Awareness Camp
A great thanks to the ARGOBBHAWVA organization for arranging a free-of-charge medical examination for all our students and their parents, for distributing free-of-charge medication and for carrying out a workshop that covered the subjects of upbringing, marriage and hygiene. We trust that this is just the beginning of our continued cooperation, combining our efforts to […]
Visting Jyotirmoy Public School
A sincere thanks to Mr. Susant Das, Principal of Jyotirmoy Public School, for inviting us to introduce our school and present our activities to the students of Jyotirmoy PS. Six of our own students taught the public school students how to create greeting cards using colourful paper and thread, which was a really great opportunity […]
Rohan Dasgupta inspired us with his music
Ivana, Rohan and Sandip took us on a journey into the magic world of traditional Indian music. They used sitar, drums and Indian flute. Thank you for spending some very inspiring time with us. This is a short video on their visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwvDgsCrhBg Visit Rohan’s website: www.rohandasgupta.com
A Visit of Bengali Folk Group “Sahaj Manus”
#LiveInMusic / Classical Guitar Federation has again pleasantly surprised us by organizing a short classical Bengal music concert. They sang and danced ‘Sahoj Manus’ (Simple Person). Our students joined in, especially by singing well known local songs.
A Visit from our Sponsors
We are grateful to Sonja, Edo and their three sons, Lovro, Jakob and Nace, for their kind visit to our school. The family sponsor are little girl Puja, who was extremely happy to receive their gift.
A visit from Dr. Susanne Pechel, the president of the CED Foundation
We are time and again pleased to receive a visit from Dr. Susanne Pechel, President of the CED Foundation that helped build our new school and that continues to support 55 of our students. Despite the short stay, the time we spent together since last meeting two years ago was really special. Thanks to Susanne […]
Shomota | Empowering women for a healthy world
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Shomota organisation (www.shomota.com), the producer and supplier of sustainable, cloth menstrual pads. Our girls and their mothers received a workshop on puberty, the development of a woman’s body through adolescence and a detailed explanation of the menstrual cycle. In Indian culture menstrual cycle is still a tabu. During […]
Celebration of our 9th Anniversary
On our school’s ninth year anniversary, we celebrated our joy and gratitude for being able to learn, share and help one another – thereby, growing together. The stage was lit up in the bright colours of the rainbow, sun and magnificent flowers. Our girls danced and sang alongside lyrics that reflected our joy. We sincerely thank Ms. […]
International Women’s Day: Mojca Gayen awarded for her charitable work
New Alipur Kolkata Rotary Club and Open Arms Educational and Charitable Trust awarded Mojca Gayen in recognition of her charitable work on International Women’s Day.