Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Xiong... a friend forever

Xiong spent a month with us. This serious young man from Singapore was a joy to have. He taught the secondary kids and the primary ones too. He brought new methods of teaching and shared them with our teachers. But above all it was his desire to try and understand things that was touching. An avid reader of the pwhy blog, Xiong still shares his views and thoughts that I value dearly.

sophie.. going all the way

Sophie did not just volunteer. She spent two months living in our newly set up women centre in the dead of winter taking care of our women, working with the children and helping us overcome our teething problems. Her lovely smile and calm ways endeared her to all.

opf...where hearts rule

It all began with an email and the words: I am interested in becoming part of pwhy! The rest is history. They have helped run our schools, funded many of our activities and gifted us thousands of books that now make the pwhy library! They are Willy, Lily, Gordon, Steve, Nick... or the omprakash foundation and they are one of kind!

Monday, February 2, 2009

sabrina and chris.. a matter of the heart

They came almost four years ago and decided to help us and boy they did. From helping sponsor open heart surgeries to helping set up our women centre, to being there a h time we needed them Sabrina and Chris are one of a kind.

They set up Aktion Lebenstretter and came every year to meet us and bring some sunshine into the lives of our children.

mathilde.. Heidi from the mountains

Mathilde came from a tiny village in the French Alps to the hustle and bustle of Delhi: a shock indeed. Yet she adapted to our ways in no time be it the spices in the food or the noisy kids.
She worked with the special kids who loved her. A karate expert she decided to teach karate to her very special wards an brought huge smiles on their faces!

mira and brian... saving a site

Mira ad Brain spent two short weeks with us. They were true saviours as they set about revamping our site that was really in need of a make over.

What was truly wonderful was that they understood the spirit of pwhy and managed to convey everything just the way we wanted it. It was a huge relief for me as I am the ones who normally webmasters for pwhy!

the sari kids.. learning to manage hearts

The Sari kids as we call them were a bunch of seven young and bright management students from a prime institution in France. They set up an organisation withing their school to help children in India and we were the chosen one.

During their stay they reached out to us in more ways than one teaching classes, repairing roofs and even taking the kids for a fascinating outing.