Tuesday, 16 September 2014
The nature of blogging puts this out-of-sequence, but at least you don't have to scroll back in the listings to see new material.
Early in our trip, we visited Modern School in Vapi. It's a school that was founded by wealthy industrialists in Vapi to serve the very poorest students. I have been trying to make a personal contribution there -- I'm not sure how successful that is, but I am trying!
Just yesterday I received photos from that event taken by Modern School photographers, so here goes:
Thanks to all the Modern School faculty, staff, and students for a warm welcome.
The nature of blogging puts this out-of-sequence, but at least you don't have to scroll back in the listings to see new material.
Early in our trip, we visited Modern School in Vapi. It's a school that was founded by wealthy industrialists in Vapi to serve the very poorest students. I have been trying to make a personal contribution there -- I'm not sure how successful that is, but I am trying!
Just yesterday I received photos from that event taken by Modern School photographers, so here goes:
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| We visited a Junior Kindergarten classroom. (Unfortunately, Mandi and Ross got cut out of the picture -- I guess the photographer couldn't back up far enough!) |
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| Here we are entering the building to start the ceremonies. |
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| You can't have a program in India without singing ... |
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| … and dancing. |
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| These girls performed a traditional Gujarati garba dance -- the dance of Navratri, which started on September 24th. |
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| Teachers were something of a captive audience. |
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| The family was properly "felicitated" by the school. An Indian "felicitation" is a formal welcome with flowers and a shawl. |
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| After a number of short speeches and an exchange of gifts, David accepted a hand-made card on behalf of the Rollinson Family. |
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| "A good time was had by all." |
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ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures some refreshments for me cause i was a part of this school year ago. I still remember those moments with my friends and teachers i want to say thank you for doing a great work.I appreciate your work .
ReplyDeleteI just want you to give regards to my teachers and tell them that i still miss them