On Children’s Day, we take a rest from our studies and spend some time playing together. This year, we were blind mice, we popped balloons and kicked the ball around. We also received a visit from a magician who enchanged us with the appearance of a real dove and goose. And well, for lunch, will […]
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Polona and Urska – our volunteers
There’s an old Slovenian proverb that says: ‘The more languages you speak, the greater your worth.’ And we believe that our school did a great job of following that old wisdom this week! Our volunteers from Slovenia busied themselves teaching our students some basics of German while we spoke to each other mostly in English […]
Wonderful surprise from A.T. Linhart Elementary School from Radovljica
We again received a wonderful surprise from A.T. Linhart Elementary School from Radovljica which sent us four huge packages filled with soaps and toys. Sincere thanks to teachers Maja Tolo and Anja Porenta, all the students and their parents for each donated soap and toy and thanks also to the school administration for supporting the […]
The Wall-o-Books project
It’s reading time – this time in a very special place, our new library! Special thanks to the Crayons of Hope Foundation that helps with the opening of new libraries across all of India with their Wall-o-Books project. They came to our aid as well with the idea of selecting a librarian – a student, […]
Pota volunteers
We’ve again received a visit from young volunteers of the POTA programme (an international volunteer programme organized by Slovenia’s Youth Information Centre.) We’re very impressed by the genuine wish of these young people to assist with different types of projects. Preparations for these projects sometimes last several months and include social and arts workshops. While […]
Independence day
Today we celebrated with fullness, diversity and great pride, Independence Day. Sincere thanks to the Indradhanush (translated ‘Rainbow’) organization, a group of young people from Hindmotor, India, that showered us with attention, gifts and a hearty lunch on such a special day. Thank you for the school supplies and the colourful umbrellas that will really come in handy during the […]
Volunteers Teja and Ana
Our young volunteers Teja and Ana brought with them lots of dance, music, joy and new ideas. We got familiar with the violin and danced the Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) and the duck dance. We learned the song ‘We Love Each Other’ and said goodbye with the melody of ‘You Are My Sunshine’. […]
Volunteers Renata and Polona
A real wealth of our project are actually people. We can no longer imagine our school without our dedicated volunteers. This time, we’d like to extend our sincere thanks to Renata and Polona, who shared with us their experiences, joy, creativity and energy. We said goodbye with tears in our eyes and with lots of […]
The True Legends Award by The Telegraph Magazine
Our project and our work was recently recognized by The Telegraph Magazine. We’re very proud to have received The True Legends Award 2016 and that our work in Piali has received recognition from the wider public. Our joy is all the greater because our friends and supporters from Germany were able to join us for […]
Yoga sessions
We had our first yoga session on Friday, when we imitated a tiger, turtle and snake, then transformed into a lotus tree and flower. Thanks to Ms. Nandine and her team for a great introduction into basic yoga positions and meditation for kids. This helped us learn how to balance in the tree position and […]