at-admin So the meetings turned out to be very encouraging and we were elated on receiving the invitation a few weeks later to give the aforesaid presentation. They asked us to talk about our work and also discuss our plans for working on the Special Training Program. So we prepared our proposal, put together a PowerPoint…
Today, we intend to return to paints (we have been using crayons all this time). We are also racing against time to print out greeting cards using our kids’ arts so watch this space for the same and be prepared to place your orders! These will be blank greeting cards that can be used now, for Holi or later for any…
If this is the first time you are handing out clothes, well it will be an experience! After all the hard work, you will feel elated, will look forward to seeing the joy on the faces of the little cherubs and to hearing the delighted cries too. So you reach the spot with an armful of clothes and let me list…
I don’t know if Street Smart made this interaction among the girls happen. I remember in the first week of our starting Street Smart, Naina would crib about how arrogant these girls are and how they “show attitude”. Over the two months, our little stalwart has started spending more time with the same girls. While…
Everyday in our work, we meet examples of how the societal prejudices rule the minds and actions of people. From a few who tell us point blank that the street children are a lost cause to others who come up and tell us how wonderful we are to be hugging children they would not even walk near to yet others who ask…
On to happier developments, there was a wonderful photographer Erin Steigerwalt (www.erinsteigerwalt.com) who had come to Dehradun as part of a workshop on advanced photography by the US-based organization Momenta ( http://www.momentaworkshops.com/index.php ). Erin visited Street Smart and our school for children…
Naina, who is missing Sangamitra most among the bunch asked us to point out where her ‘Sangi didi’ would be right then! Naina had earlier said that without ‘Sangi didi’ it was difficult to eat, which was quite an incredible thing to say just then, considering her mouth was quite stuffed with rice and rajma!
There is so much going on at Street Smart that I have been drawing a blank since the past few days, each time I sit down to update our Diaries here. We have been moving forward in our work in terms of meeting with different sets of people to discuss possible physical premises where Street … Read more
So in the first month we have firmly established our presence at Astley Hall and the coming months will see us spreading our wings and moving towards (what one of our members always says) the roots. There is also a campaign against begging that is being planned out (have I mentioned this earlier?) because at the…
Street Smart is one month old today! Wooohooo! To mark milestone- nah, actually mile-pebble, there is going to be a mini-celebration that may include eating toffees! I am not sure what we are doing, just yet so will update here after the program. Sangamitra, our youngest team-member who is given to fits of giggling during … Read more
