This trip has been amazing and I have 1.5 days left to cover everything that is left. It should be very busy. It is raining gently and about 70 degrees here. That is the one thing I am not interested in leaving in India. Jay the tumbling guy is at Sooch and he is a [...]
Posted on August 27th, 2009 by admin
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Woke up to rain and cool weather. Sooch village is so different from the Sooch I visited in August. My last trip ended as the monsoon season began. Everything was brown, hot, and dry. Today the cricket field is a bright green. The flower garden roses are in bloom and the gardens are being tilled [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2009 by admin
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Barbara met me in Delhi on her way back to the states. We shared a room and she had the honor of trying to sleep through my 5am board meeting call. Jasdeep picked me up at 7:30 am and we headed to the airport for the flight to Ranchi. Barbara had provided me with an [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by admin
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Woke with great anticipation to have another excursion with our kids. This time we are going to a National Park and taking 60 kids on a walk through some beautiful forest and around a lovely water fall. The recent rain of the monsoon season has risen the water and it now flows and meanders through [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by admin
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We are excited to announce that as of August 18, we have been asked to participate in GlobalGiving’s Open Challenge. We have 26 days, until September 18, to raise at least $4,000 from at least 50 donors, so we can earn a coveted and permanent spot on www.GlobalGiving.com/3734, the highly-respected and internationally-recognized marketplace for philanthropy [...]
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by admin
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Another hugely successful day with the kids and the travelers. The dentists are blown away by the toughness of these kids. Through teeth pulling and more, these kids barely shed a tear! And in some cases, a quick rest and they head right out the door for more play! We took a spin past the [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2009 by admin
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Wow, what a day! I didn’t think we could top such a successful first day with the medical team, but we did . . . in spades. We left Rourkela early in order to drive the 2-hour, bumpy road toward Jharsuguda, near the Bhawani Home for Children. Bhawani can be a bit intimidating when you first [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2009 by admin
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So we took the long train ride for Sooch to Rourkela and it was miraculously on time! We woke up and took the morning off and went sightseeing in the Village. The Rourkela home is so different from Sooch Village as it is in an old house that previously served as a school. The house is on a small platt of land [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2009 by admin
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Sooch Village to Rourkela Day starts at 6:15am to meet our kids before they catch the bus to their new English Medium School. This is a big day because they are in their new blue and gray plaid uniforms and they are looking sharp. The housemothers are all there to see them off. But before [...]
Posted on August 6th, 2009 by admin
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Woke with great anticipation to have another excursion with our kids. This time we are going to a National Park and taking 60 kids on a walk through some beautiful forest and around a lovely water fall. The recent rain of the monsoon season has risen the water and it now flows and meanders through [...]
Posted on August 5th, 2009 by admin
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