The opportunity to do the Hokey Pokey with students at each of our centres is always a fabulous moment - so much fun and joy. Here we are at the Firozpur Border Village Centre.
Doug and Rowena have been in India, visiting 10 of our 13 centres and working alongside our teams in Kotdwara, Bijnor and new centres in Punjab. Some of the highlights for us were;
our first ever SHINE Women’s Empowerment Conference in Punjab with 250 delegates
meeting new students and seeing kids who we have watched grow up over the years
speaking with parents about the importance of education - which were important opportunities for listening to their concerns and hopes for their children
delivering staff meetings and hearing what is important to our team and with this, having the opportunity to buy much needed resources
we saw the devastation of recent floods in a number of locations and heard stories from children and parents about their fearful experiences and the impact of the floods. They are incredibly grateful for the immediate helps provided by Project Help India, with many saying they lost everything, with no income they were hungry and feared for their lives, Many families are now homeless but their resilience and big smiles are inspiring.
the trip gave us the opportunity to evaluate projects, discuss strategy and to make plans for the future
There is so much to tell you about and we look forward to sharing stories and our vision over the coming weeks.
