It was such a relief to hear that the books, so kindly donated by all
the children at St Mary's and St. Peter's School in Teddington, have now
arrived at Asha.
Big thanks to Simon and Katie who boxed them all
up and found a shipping company (at a reasonable cost) and shipped them
last June.
We went on Wednesday to sort them into piles, ready to be taken to the various Asha slum centres.
The books are beautiful - such a great selection and they will be so
enjoyed by many, many children who have no books of their own. Many
students say that they only get to read a school book.
Our work continues in two different slum areas with English teaching, songs, games, craft and baby massage.
We are now making the journeys each day by tuk tuk and metro - tiring
in the heat with so many people desperate to get on and off the trains
all at the same time - Ken was seen today forcing the train doors open
as they tried to shut him out - some kindly folk came to his aid! It
doesn't help having all the bags of resources I seem to need, but it's
worth it in the end!
It's Friday - Fiona's got a bottle of red open, so we're off to join her...
Love
Heather and Ken
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| On our way to Chanderpuri - the bus driver misjudged the height of the bridge - didn't sound or look too good! |
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| The water tanker has arrived so people rush with their containers. |
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| Vikram' vehicles cram as many passengers as they can in for a cheaper ride ..... |
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| Loads of children piled into the centre at Anna Nagar to enjoy the afternoon ...... |
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| Time for some painting.... |
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| Asha drivers helped unload the boxes of books which had been transported in these sacks. |
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| Just
the beginning of sorting the books - it was great to see some of my old
favourites - looking forward to reading them to the children in the
next few weeks. |
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| They loved the painting. |
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| Akbar, one of Ken's students was keen to show us where he lives in Chanderpuri. |
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Akbar and Durgesh kindly showed us a shortcut through the slum to the metro - they also kindly carried some of our bags!!!
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