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Dear Friends,

Happy New Year

 

We’re already a fortnight into the New Year. Half a month has gone. It seems a bit too late to wish people as the “new” feeling is no longer there. But it’s the first time that I have been able to sit down with my laptop. So I’m taking this opportunity to update you with news. Thanks to Neera Kapoor, who very generously gave us her digital camera, I am now able to add some pictures to the newsletter.

decDecember has been a rather hectic month for me. I’ve been traveling a lot. First I went to the project. Then to Delhi and Ahmedabad and then kept shuttling between the project and Kolkata – mostly to follow up on funding. Also, in December I moved to a new flat in Kolkata. The end of the year was particularly hectic indeed.

Balaji, who helps us with our accounts, came for a visit to the project. It was nice to have him with us. We were able to sort out account issues and we used the occasion to organize a little party on the project to usher in the New Year. We lit a bonfire and sat around it drinking Pepsi and eating potato chips. We also had a nice meal and when it was midnight we set off a few rockets that we had saved from Diwali. We wished each other a Happy New Year and went straight to bed. For us, staying up late is rather unusual. Normally everyone is fast asleep by 9:00 pm.

wallThe final exams were over by the 27th and we declared results on the 29th. On the 31st we re-admitted the existing children except those who failed in nursery class. That’s because nursery classes will commence only when the new classrooms are ready.

Construction work on the new classrooms is in progress with financial assistance from Lonely Planet Foundation. We are also hoping to receive some funds from ASHA, a US based organization. Other individual donors have stood by us and so at the moment we are feeling financially secure and upbeat. It’s a nice way to start the year. Here’s hoping 2008 will be a great year for all.

classSchool started on the 2nd of January. We now have classes 1, 2 and 3. There are a total of 70 children attending school. Once the new classrooms are ready we plan to admit another 40 to 50 children in Nursery. We’ve been flooded with admission requests and are now in the process of working out a strategy to ensure that more tribal children and girls, in particular, join school.

Roldih Ashram’s population has increased. Besides Chandan, Sanku, Bansi and me, we nowpup have a pair of goats on the project. We hope that they will breed and the numbers will increase. This is part of our effort at self-reliance. We hope to generate some income this way too. We also have two cute pups – Bruni and Noir. Hopefully they will grow up to be good guard dogs. Right now they are little bundles of delight.

Well, that’s all the news I have for you at the moment. I’m leaving once again for the project this weekend and will be away till the beginning of February.

Siddharth Sanyal

21-Jan-2008
 

 

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