"Chhotti si asha"
So now we have a name – “Chhotti si asha”. I wanted the group to keep a name…so some of the kids and volunteers came up with their suggestions and voting was done to select the name. Some of the other suggestion for the name were – “Apna Kal”, Jeevan Safal”, “Sahara”, “Sath Sath”. Some tidbits… * the latest at our end is that we have moved from the rose garden (the kids had some problems with the police there) to the parking lot of Jan Shikshan Sansthan (the vocational institute where some of the boys are learning stitching). i have hired Baljeet to teach the kids and i also have a few volunteers. Apart from baisc numeracy and literacy, we have started teaching some craft work as well as theatre to the kids...the theatre workshops have been real fun and we all have loved every moment of it. * Recently, we have planned to put up an exhibition of all the craft work that we do (volunteers and the kids work together to make stuff that can be sold) as well as a small theatre performance in ...