Educate Forty Village Children in Bodhgaya, India

Project Report | Nov 14, 2023
Big Day Out

By Chittapala | Project Leader

Bihar Museum

Early this year a supporter kindly donated money for Elsa Primary School students to go on a day excursion. It was not possible to go in March as no buses were available for hire during Bihar's annual 'marriage season'. Then temperatures were too high in the hot season and it was too wet in the monsoon season! Finally, the excursion took place in October.

The selected excursion destination was Patna, capital of Bihar which is 120 km north of Bodhgaya. The school's older students and staff members set off in a 25 seater bus early in the morning and breakfast was provided on the way. As many of the students had never travelled very far from their village, motion sickness was an unfortunate feature of the outward journey.

The first attraction visited was Patna Zoo where the students especially liked the big cats. After lunch, they visited Bihar Museum, which houses a wonderful collection of ancient Buddhist artefacts and statues. The students returned home late in the afternoon - weary, but very satisfied with their 'big day out'.

On Board

Lunch in Patna

Patna Zoo

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Sep 7, 2023
Power On

By Chittapala | Project Leader

Bihar is one of the poorest states in India. The average per capita income is $1,000 p.a. and the unemployment rate is 17.5%. With its population of 128 million, there is enormous pressure on infrastructure such as roads, hospitals & educational institutions which are all sadly lacking.

Also, power output is insufficient to supply the state's needs and blackouts are a daily occurrence in many areas. To counter this, hospitals, government buildings & hotels have power back up systems, usually in the form of diesel fueled generators.

Power outages have been an ongoing problem for Elsa Primary School, especially during the hot season when overhead fans are non operational. Thankfully, through your generous support, this was rectified recently with the installation of an UPS Battery Backup (Uninterruptible Power Supply). Now the students have uninterrupted lighting & cooling at all times. As you can imagine, they are very happy about this.

Hi Chittapala:Hi Chittapala:

Hi Chittapala:

Thank you for your text and email. It was nice to spend the day together on Vincent’s birth now good to hear, that your travels went smoothly. All is going fine here.

Much appreciative in receiving your info re: the Chinese massage, which I will more easily consider and also your recommendation of a fitness watch. I did enjoy wearing the Fitbit, but as mentioned, not easy to see the information, due to weak light illumination. Will endeavour to activate it once again and if unsuccessful, will certainly look into the Huawei.

Enjoy your time in India. Wishing you good and resilient health and hope you are successful with your chosen aspirations.

With much metta,

Thank you for your text and email. It was nice to spend the day together on Vincent’s birthday and it is now good to hear, that your travels went smoothly. All is going fine here.

Enjoy your time in India. Wishing you good and resilient health and hope you are successful with your chosen aspirations.

With much metta,

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May 17, 2023
Purnima

By Chittapala | Project Leader

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