" A man as big as a goat will talk as big as a basket."
Each class I teach has a few students in it who are not supposed to be there. In fact they are not students at all, but younger siblings in the care of older children. Without bringing them too some of our girls wouldn't be able to come to school at all. Usually they are no problem. At least not to me. I started giving these young ones some colouring and drawing to do and the excitement it generated was great. I don't think they have had the chance to do anything like this before.
I love my art class and I would say that it is going well. Again there is no tradition here of individual creative expression so they have never done anything like this before. Of course, it also means they have no history of failure so their willingness to have a go at whatever I offer is apparently boundless. Some of the results are surprising and fun.
Today was the social audit of the school which seemed to mean a long meeting with many speeches in Nepali which many of the villagers speak and understand only with difficulty. All in all their enthusiasm for the school is commendable given that when one is a subsistance farmer any time off is difficult to take.
Viv and I went to Kathmandu at the weekend to meet with the managers of Natraj and show them our ideas about future advertising, as we had been asked to do. It was a really interesting few hours and we came away with an invitation to Laxmipuja next Saturday at the start of Tihar. Laxmi is the Goddess of light and also wealth. The more light one can welcome into one's home the more blessings Laxmi is likely to bestow. This sounds like a great opportunity to see and hear some of the loveliest candle lit singing and traditional dancing too. We can hear the village people practicing already for this. Sounds of singing in the evenings..!!
Every Buffalo deserves a wash. The buffalo in the byre below our window gets a thorough wash every morning around first light. It seems to like it. And the children are often called to the tap next. I think they have come to accept the cold wash treatment and rarely complain. Next the women have to go searching for fodder for the animals. The first meal follows for the family. And all this before school.
I am going to try and attatch some pictures so watch this space,
Love,
jill x
I love my art class and I would say that it is going well. Again there is no tradition here of individual creative expression so they have never done anything like this before. Of course, it also means they have no history of failure so their willingness to have a go at whatever I offer is apparently boundless. Some of the results are surprising and fun.
Today was the social audit of the school which seemed to mean a long meeting with many speeches in Nepali which many of the villagers speak and understand only with difficulty. All in all their enthusiasm for the school is commendable given that when one is a subsistance farmer any time off is difficult to take.
Viv and I went to Kathmandu at the weekend to meet with the managers of Natraj and show them our ideas about future advertising, as we had been asked to do. It was a really interesting few hours and we came away with an invitation to Laxmipuja next Saturday at the start of Tihar. Laxmi is the Goddess of light and also wealth. The more light one can welcome into one's home the more blessings Laxmi is likely to bestow. This sounds like a great opportunity to see and hear some of the loveliest candle lit singing and traditional dancing too. We can hear the village people practicing already for this. Sounds of singing in the evenings..!!
Every Buffalo deserves a wash. The buffalo in the byre below our window gets a thorough wash every morning around first light. It seems to like it. And the children are often called to the tap next. I think they have come to accept the cold wash treatment and rarely complain. Next the women have to go searching for fodder for the animals. The first meal follows for the family. And all this before school.
I am going to try and attatch some pictures so watch this space,
Love,
jill x
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