Every Soul Is Unique was a co-creative musical play that Thamarai children were invited to perform at Cripa with others from Auroville and surrounding areas in January. Fakeera, the creator, was moved to use the interplay of art, personal healing and spontaneous expression in a manner that would be a joyful opportunity for the children’s growth, using the medium of … [Read more...] about Confidence, Unity, and Self-esteem through drama at Cripa
First aid training in Thamarai
Learning to manage small accidents and first response Small accidents can happen at any time so we invited the first aid training team Phillipe and Tenzin from youth link to take us through the basics with our 14 facilitators who work regularly with children. We learned how to handle everyday accidents including shock, burns, snake bites, car and bike accidents, and … [Read more...] about First aid training in Thamarai
Volunteers from France
Kedge University and Thamarai: a 5 years collaboration 7 French students from kedge University, France visited us for 3 weeks in June, we all felt very happy to connect with them. Lou Savoldelli, Clara, Sonda, Julie, Taroun, Lou Bodson have been supporting us to complete the new learning centre we are building in Annai nagar. We have had a relationship with Kedge university … [Read more...] about Volunteers from France
Cycle Trip to the Kalwari Hills
"We started our journey at 6 in the morning..." We started our journey at 6 in the morning, picked up the bicycles from SAIIER Transport then started to cycle in a line formation of one child after another. The children cycled very energetically and followed a certain protocol while cycling : – To stop : the first child would rise his hand then the next child would … [Read more...] about Cycle Trip to the Kalwari Hills