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face painting in the special class

The kids of our special section love face painting sessions. Here is what happened yesterday

Munna

Himanshu

Umesh

a silent class

There is a new class at project why. Thrice a week a bunch of daf ad dumb school children come for extra tuition to project why. Seema our special educator was thrown out of the premises where she held this class earlier. We simply opened our doors:

budding artists

This is a very special art class

Sohil dances

Sohil

Sohil is the new kid in the special section.

and Radha is his very special friend

teacher's day in the special section

The special section kids became teachers for day:

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incredible radha

Radha is an incredible kid. In spite of her brittle bones and useless legs, she participates in all activities and finds unique ways of doing simple things like drinking water!

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special sandwiches

It was cooking time in the special section. On the menu: vegetable sandwiches

Neha, Preeti and Anjali butter the bread slices

Shalini places the vegetables and

cuts the sandwiches

Voila, they are ready, a little skewed maybe but delicious and tempting!

a life cut short

Little Nanhe left us two days back to go to a better world. Even though we knew that this day would come one day we were shattered. Nanhe's short life was filled with pain but no matter how bad it was he never lost his smile.

here some glimpses of a life cut short

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a brand new sewing machine

Rinky our hearing impaired student works at a beauty parlour. But she has also learnt how to sow and wants to supplement her income by taking sewing orders at home. What was missing was a sewing machine. Anjum, our dear friend made her little dream came true and gifted her a brand new sewing machine

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an incredible parkour

The special section partook in an incredible parkour. They proved beyond any doubt that they too could surpass themselves if given a chance

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discovering the world

Tiphanie and Marie, two occupational therapists from France have been working with the children of the special section for the past week. Their aim is to make them rediscover their world and learn to master it

Tiphanie and Marie observing the group B kids.

Assessing Anurag's needs

Working with Ankur

Working with Umesh

blind man's eye

The special children busy playing blind man's eye!

manu and his stick

Thanks to the efforts of Marie and Tiphaine two french occupational therapists, Manu is relearning to walk with a brand new stick.

back in class

Munna is back in class after two months at the village. His brother Vicky was thrilled to see him. Vicky will be off to his boarding school in a few days.

what is manu thinking

Manu is now back in class after his long ordeal. Wonder what he is thinking as he sits quietly in class.

learning the sign language

Rinky is busy teaching Harpal, our new volunteer from Melbourne, the sign language. They both seem to be enjoying the lesson.

nina's farewell

It was Nina's farewell party at the special section. In spite of the scorching hat every one danced and had a great time

Everyone is in a dancing mood

a special pas de deux by shamika and shalini

Even manu decided to do a few twirls

Shalini put her best foot forward

Little radha executed the perfect solo

and Nina and Shalini performed the last dance!

perfect designs

Lat week, Rinky taught her friends to make henna designs. This week Geetu and Anjali tried their hands at it and did a great job!

Geetu decorating Shalini's hand

Anjali working on Ritika's hand!

green thumb

Honey loves gardening. He waters the plants on the terrace every day in spite of the scorching heat.

the project why special band

The project why special section has a brand new percussion band. The instruments range from plate and spoons, to bells and cups. Believe it or not they put up quite a performace. Even Manu who regaled us all with a solo performance!

henna time

It was beauty time for the girls in the special section. The subject of the day was how to put henna and the teacher our very own Rinky!

Shalini is very proud of the nice pattern on her hand.

Little Radha showing off her henna

Geetu applying henna on Anjali

the new celebrity

Radha is definitely the new celebrity in class. Yesterday a TV crew came to the special centre to film her and then today the whole class went up to the foster care to watch the programme. Radha sat very quietly not quite understanding what was happening. She had never seen television.

After the programme was over, some of the boys of the junior secondary came back to look at her. Radha felt she was on top the world and could not stop smiling.
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let us play musical ball

The special class children had lots of fun playing musical ball. Each time the music had stopped the one holding the ball had to sing or dance!

learning living skills

Ritika's mommy is very keen that Ritika learns housework and living skills. So Ritika is now on a special programme where she is learning housework. You can see her in the picture making tea!

new friends

Kate is our new volunteer. She is from the US. She spends her mornings in the special section and Radha is her new friend. In spite of the fact that Radha still sleeps on the footpath, she comes to class every day and takes her work very seriously

living skills

It is very important for girls like Champa and Anjali to learn basic living skills. Yesterday they had a how to fold clothes session with Shamika.

Anjali and Shamika

Champa

Champa still has a lot of difficulties but Anjali is becoming an expert so soon we will move to peer teaching! Well done girls.

she slept on the footpath

Little Radha's home was destroyed yesterday as it was an illegal structure. The litle family slept on the footpath. For more click here.

Back in class

It was wonderful to see Manu back in class after his terrible illness and above all to see him smile!

the new diva on the block

Shalini came wearing a beautiful outfit. When everyone complimented her, she decided to model for us and was quite a diva!

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project why's hairdressing salon

Rinky, who is now a fully trained hairdresser cut Ruchi' s and Flore's hair! It was truly professional

Ruchi

Flore

Radha

Little Radha who till recently was a tad shy and diffident amazed us all when she sang a song loud and clear for all to hear. This is the very first time Radha has show active participation and it is huge for all of us. She now participates in all activities even though she cannot use her brittle legs!

She is a lovely spirited girl hose dream is to walk and be a dancer.

nanhe's toilet training

We have begun Nanhe's toilet training programme. He has a laminated card next to him with the picture of a toilet seat. When he needs to go he picks up his card and shows it to the teacher. We began the training just a few days back and Nanhe is already a pro! Being toilet trained will make a world of difference in the quality of his daily life! God bless him!

Manu

Manu has a new hairstyle for summer. With 45 degrees Celsius it is really hot, even inside. Manus is still battling for his lofe. His kidneys and liver are still affected though his TB is a little better. His will to live is touching. We hope and pray he makes it and is back in class soon

the tree of life

The special section children with the help of Jenine, one of our volunteers, created a beautiful tree of life. The tree was pasted onto the wall and then the children drew butterflies, flowers and birds and coloured them. These were then pasted onto to the tree. It was a magical moment for all.

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a terrible day

Saheeda left us on the 9th of May. The class is stunned and cannot understand what happened. Saheeda was a vibrant girl full of life and always smiling. The children mourned her in their own special way and then decided to make a beautiful painting just for her.
With Saheeda gone, the class will never be the same again!