by anouradha bakshi | Nov 8, 2024 | Whats new
Meet KIKO the clown! He travels around the world and brings a smile on the faces of children by entertaining them with his magic skills, juggling talent and art of drama. Project WHY has been lucky to enjoy his talent, at his initiative and with the support of Enfances Indiennes. After few weeks of intense volunteering, Kiko put up a little show for the kids with lots of fun and laughter, where he did a magic show. The kids had a great time.
We do hope that he returns soon and wish him all the best as he carries on bringing joy to children across the world
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by anouradha bakshi | Nov 2, 2024 | Uncategorized, Whats new
In January of this year, we opened a beauty skills centre for the women of the community. This is to teach the ladies new skills and make them more independent.
In this centre, we have employed the mother of one of our ex students.
In the first 6 months, the ladies learnt the basic and now many of them are doing well and have started earning after learning this new skill.
In the month of September, the first batch completed level one ( basic of beauty course)
by anouradha bakshi | Oct 30, 2024 | Whats new
At all our Project WHY centres, the children are happily getting ready to welcome the festival by making decorations and painting diyas for their classrooms.
Every year, all our children make it a very serious activity in class. They also have fun and laughs and get a chance to be very creative.
Also, our Special Needs children, like every year have been seriously working in their vocational class, preparing diyas and other decorative items for their sales in CSKM and Azure Hospitality. This is a small way to make them learn independent job skills.
by anouradha bakshi | Feb 3, 2024 | Anou's Blog
Many years ago I added a tag line to my email signature. It was : “I am busy being grateful”. This was because of the miracles big and small that came my way as Project Why and I embarked on am incredible journey that is still enfolding. The tag line sat quietly on my screen as we travelled on.
Last week I was reminded of these words written so long ago and realised that subconsciously they had remained as new and pertinent as when I first wrote them. Project Why could not be without the deep gratitude I felt at every instant.
So who am I grateful to? First and foremost to all those who have reached out and helped me, from the big donors who reach out and adopt a centre to the tiniest donation of a child’s pocket money to help the surgery of another child.
This year I feel blessed as we welcome all our major donors.
Last week Mr Trivedi and his daughter Shelly and son-in-law Andres celebrated Republic Day with us at the Yamuna centre. The Trivedi Family Foundation sponsors our Yamuna and Khader centres. Thanks to their generous support we are able to help over 400 children dream big! My heartfelt gratitude to this wonderful and compassionate family.
In February we welcome Adish and Asha Jain of the Asha and Adish Jain Foundation. They sponsor the Okhla centre; another 350 children. And that is not all. Adish Jain has committed to support Okhla as long as it exists. How can I not be eternally grateful.
And there is more. In February we welcome Kiran Frey and Pradeep Sethi and their daughter Nina from Chess without Borders. Thanks to them Meher who had suffered terrible burn injuries when only a few months old underwent restorative plastic surgery to enable her to get back the use of her hands and then went to boarding school to complete her education. Today she is preparing for entrance to medical school. More gratitude.
In March we await the visit of Hans Emde and his family from Project Why Germany. They have supported our work for more than a decade now. We are deeply grateful again. Few months ago we had the visit of Xavier Ray from Enfances Indiennes who have been with us for more than two decades and stood by us unwaveringly. Chapeau Bas!
We feel blessed that all our main funders visited or are visiting us this year.
My gratitude also goes to a very special being that I call the God of Small Beings. She/he has walked with me every step of this journey and never left my side. It is she who has ensured that we do not falter or miss a step and always guided us in the right direction. It is also this very special God who has woven one miracle after the other. I would like to share one.
In February 2003 a toddler fell into a boiling pan and sustained third degree burns. He would then go and to lose his dysfunctional family and be left all alone. It is this very special God who crafter a future for him. Little Utpal was healed, went on to complete his school and then college and is now in Mumbai living his dream: making serials.
This is only one of the many Project Why miracles.
So you now understand why I AM BUSY BEING GRATEFUL!
I feel blessed.
by anouradha bakshi | Jan 24, 2024 | Uncategorized, Whats new
India’s ancient system of education and the New Education Policy talks about Panchkosha, the five dimensions of a child’s development. Education which fosters holistic development and goes beyond academics is what builds WHOLE child.
At project WHY we create a leaning environment which offers opportunity to every child, irrespective of their age, to identify/explore, develop and build their interests, skills and talents. We do not limit our work to after school academic education. We know that children will grow
Every Saturday is devoted to extra curricular activities. Children engage in activities of their choice. Painting, drawing, dancing, singing, gardening, reading, board games, debates, discussions, theatre are all given equal importance. Building communication skills, learning social etiquettes, imbibing moral values is an integral part of our wholesome education.
All this is done against the wishes and desires of most of the parents. To them, education is about learning from school books and getting good grades. We are still facing lot of opposition to the concept of holistic education. Not being discouraged, our team of educators have continued their efforts to facilitate holistic learning. WE DO WHAT WE STRONGLY BELIVE IN.
The result of Project WHY’s efforts is visible through the achievements of our children who have been regularly receiving acknowledgement for their performance in both academic and extra curricular.
From Okhla centre –
- Rozy class 8 students got 1st Position in her class and won certificate and shield from her school.
- Nagma class 8 students stood 1st in her class and won certificate and shield from her school.
- Vibha class 8 student 1st Position in her class class and won certificate and shield from her school.
- Nandini class 6th student won a tablet in school for her excellent academic performance.
- Saloni class 6th student won a tablet in school for her excellent academic performance.
- Sheela class 6th student won a tablet for her excellent academic performance in school.
- Vanshika class 6th student won 1st position in Essay writing Competition and got certificate and medal from her school.
- Kanchan class 7th student got 1st Position for her academic performance and won certificate from her school.
9.Riya class 7th student got 1st Position for her academic performance and won certificate from her school.
- Chanchal class 7th student got certificate for her amazing dance performance in her school.
- Deepak Kumar class 12th student got third position in Kabaddi game at zonal level inter school competition.
- Janvi class 7th students got certificate for her following all the schools rules and regulations.
- Aesha class 7th students got certificate for her following all the schools rules and regulations.
- Anjali class 9th students got certificate for her following all the schools rules and regulations.
- Roshani class 8th student won a tablet in NDDP organization for her excellent academic performance.
- Payal class 7th students won 3rd position in science toon competition and also got certificate for annual function decorationand Nepali Dance Performance in her school.
From Khadar Centre
- Himashu class 7th students won trophy and medal in drawing and dance competition
From GirinagarCentre
- Trisha class 2 student got 1st position in playing Carom board. Her school took her for the competition to Thyagraj stadium of delhi.
- Harsh won 1st prize in Vedic math competition got certificate and won second prize in group singing competition.
- Ayush got 1st position in his class by scoring 85% in midterm examination.
- Sonali class 9t students won 3rd position in football match at zonal level of school.
- Sonia class 9th students won 3rd position in football match at zonal level of school.
