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Reaching Children's Potential, Volunteer Voices

Back in India Again – My Second Home

Team Journal for Monday, 21st December 2015 It is great to be back in India again, now for the sixth time.  This year is extra special for me as my “friend”, Erich joined in on the adventure.  It’s rewarding the share such an important part of my life with the people I love. Now here, […]

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December 21, 2015/by Stephen Raja
Reaching Children's Potential, Volunteer Voices

We are Teaching and Learning as Well

Team Journal for Tuesday 15th September 2015   As per previous arrangement all 4 groups were dropped to their facilities to continue the work. Everyone started the day very enthusiastically as all of us were better prepared and had new ideas to engage the groups that were allotted to us. This program has become a […]

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September 15, 2015/by Stephen Raja
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Truly an International Team of 13 Volunteers from 7 Countries

Team Journal for Sunday, 13th September 2015   After a wonderful night sleep in the very homely facility provided by Stephen, the India country manager, we came into the orientation session on Day 1 fully refreshed. We started the day with yummy breakfast including some nice recipes. Followed by the food, we had our introductions […]

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September 13, 2015/by Stephen Raja
Cultures and Traditions

Wishing You All a Happy Easter

Wishing you all a Happy Easter. In the photo are the impressions of the 10 fingerprints of St. Thomas, who is also called the Doubting Thomas. St. Thomas who did not believe that Jesus was risen unless he touches the wounds of Jesus to see for himself, that Jesus has truly risen. When Jesus again […]

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April 5, 2015/by Stephen Raja
Cultures and Traditions

Pongal O Pongal

Pongal is the Harvest festival celebrated in the state of Tamilnadu and also by the Tamil people from all around the world. The festival is celebrated in the month of January for 4 days between January 14th – January 17th. It is mostly celebrated in the villages in Tamil Nadu where the farmers want to […]

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January 27, 2015/by Stephen Raja
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Back to India, Back to my Second Home

Team Journal Entry from January 7, 2015: Back to India, back to feeling at home and at peace. I worship every moment spent with the children and was rejuvenated again this morning at Little Angel’s Early Intervention Center. Luckily, most of the children’s ears are clean so I only had to clean three children;s, and […]

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January 7, 2015/by Stephen Raja
Reaching Children's Potential

Change

Team Journal Entry for January 6, 2015: Yesterday Maria went to the hospital to help clean more children’s ears. Jayne, Victor, and Alex went to PRS to teach conversational English for the second day. After watching Steven and Ester’s fierce conversation, all three of them went to the 6th, 7th, and 8th standard classes. In […]

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January 6, 2015/by Stephen Raja
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The Last Word, but not the Last Chapter

Team Journal Entry from January 2, 2015: A lot was riding on this trip to Chennai. Would I feel healthy enough to do it? Would I get sick here? Would I enjoy it as much or more than my first visit in 2012? I needn’t have worried. What a fantastic journey it’s been. For our […]

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January 2, 2015/by Stephen Raja
Volunteer Voices

The Start of Something Special

Messages of the Day –  ‘We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.’ – Winston Churchill  ‘The future depends on what we do in the present.’ – Mahatma Gandhi Team Journal entry from December 21, 2014: Our team gathered together as one for the first time […]

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December 21, 2014/by Stephen Raja
Cultures and Traditions

Mount Festival

  Today, the 18th of December, is celebrated as Mount Festival. The festival is celebrated at St. Thomas Mount, Chennai. The belief is that St. Thomas, one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus Christ who lived on this Mount around 72 AD, had carved a cross out of a rock and used to pray in […]

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December 18, 2014/by Stephen Raja
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