Child of the Week: Prem Prasath
Child of the Week: Prem Prasath Name: Prem Prasath Grade: 11th Family Background: My mother’s name is Tulasi Bai and my dad’s name is Ravi Prasath. Both my parents grew up really poor, my mother being a little better off than my dad. My mom grew up with both parents, three brothers and one sister....
Child of the Week: Naveen Kumar
Child of the Week: Naveen Kumar Grade: 4th From: Arni, Tamil Nadu Family Background: My father’s name is Shiva and he is a driver. My mother’s name is Akila. She works on a farm. My parents never finished high school. I have one brother named Satish. He is seven years old. In his school...
Child of the Week: Meena Gopi
Child of the Week: Meena Gopi Name: Meena Gopi Grade: 8th From: Bangalore Family Background: My father is a tour guide and my mom is a housewife. My brother goes to school. My father loves his job but he is tired after taking people on tours for three days or more. Overcoming Challenges: When school...
Holiday Cheer from the kids at Shanti Bhavan
Dear friends, We hope you have enjoyed the holidays and had a wonderful season. The children of Shanti Bhavan have been busy too, and they have plenty to share. So please sit back and enjoy this journey with us as we bring you stories, poetry, photos and a little holiday cheer from the kids! ...
Child of the Week: Sathya Gayathri
Child of the Week Week 1: December 19, 2011 Contributed by: Marisa Plescia, Darius Alemzadeh, Rahil Tejani Name: Sathya Gayathri Grade: 10 From: Krishnaguri, Tamil Nadu Family Background: At home, I have my mother and stepfather. I never met my real father. My stepdad is Muslim but we are Hindus. At...
Shanti Bhavan spoke straight to my heart
On our most recent 2-week annual Christmas visit to Bangalore, Anil and I decided to drive down to Shanti Bhavan for a visit. We heard about Shanti Bhavan sometime in October, when we were watching a documentary by Tom Friedman on the outsourcing phenomenon and in which Bangalore was featured extensively. In passing, and probably...
Shanti Bhavan choir performs with ASTEP
The choir performing with Mary-Mitchell Campbell, founder of ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty) during her visit this past week. 11th grader Prashanth singing a solo for the school. 11th grader Saridha announcing a piano piece before her performance.
Harish and Praveen Playing a Piano Duet!
6th grader Harish and 11th grader Praveen play the piano duet “I Love Coffee, I Love Tea” arranged by Bernard and Carolyn Shaak – the childhood piano teachers of Allegra Boggess, the current piano teacher at Shanti Bhavan. When asked if there’s anything the children would like to say to Mrs. Shaak at the end...
Create Peace With Shanti Bhavan
BellaLife founder Nitika Chopra and supporter of Shanti Bhavan writes a wonderful piece about the children of Shanti Bhavan.
Dancing with the (5th, 6th, & 7th Grade) Stars
Watch as some of our girls from the 5th, 6th, and 7th grades learn, practice, and perform a jazz dance choreographed by volunteer Jodi Belden who took a break from her work as assistant editor at Elle Magazine in New York City to come and work with our children in rural India.
Children’s Day
November 13th was Children’s Day and it was celebrated at Shanti Bhavan with lots of dancing, singing, skits, and ice cream! Teachers dancing together. Ms. Irene and Auntie Gita dancing together and looking beautiful, as always!The volunteers singing a song together. The children enjoying the program!
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