Hello to one and all! My name is Raju. Since April 2018, I am working at Nisarga Grama, Sparsha Trust. As the person in charge of Nisarga Grama, I am responsible for all the 133 children which are living here at the moment.

In the morning. the children wake up at 6 am to do yoga and their prayers. After that. they get ready for school, eat their breakfast and leave for school around 9 am. Between 3.30 pm and 4.30 pm, when the school is over, the children come back to Nisarga Grama, where they will wash their clothes, drink their milk and around 5.30 pm, get classes.

 For that, I get help from our other 9 staff members. With me, there are 5 teachers for the children and we have 5 kitchen workers. At the moment, we also have 2 German volunteers, Charlotte and Marthe, from FSL-India with us. Their tasks here are mostly helping me with the administration work, teaching English and Computer skills to the children and the staff members, and taking care of one dormitory.

As I am a handicapped person, the help I get from the girls is really important for me. Their help is not only important for our administration work, but also their English and computer skills are helping our children to improve.

As an example, I want to tell you about our  ‘Joy of Learning’. Every January, we have a huge event called ‘Joy of Learning’ where all of our 6 shelters compete against each other. Therefore, we have cultural and educational competitions. With the help from our volunteers, the children from Nisarga Grama scored top results in the categories of Science, Environmental Lover and Spelling. In all these categories, our children competed in English, which made them stand out from the other participants.

So for that, I not only want to thank our volunteers, but also FSL-India to make it possible to have such an exchange and gain for our children. Thank you once again, and we wish you all the best.