benares school newsletter 2010

8/7/2019 Benares School Newsletter 2010

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This time we wish to sta t o news ette with thanking yo , osponso s, ve y m h fo yo ove whe ming s ppo t in 2009. Noton y o oya s hoo sponso s, who fo yea s have enab e e a-tion fo an in ivi a hi ; a so f ien s, a q aintan es an even

nknown peop e who, on the o asion of a e eb ation, aske , as ap esent, onations fo the Bena es S hoo f n Fo n ation.Thank yo so m h, F ip an Ba kje, Jos an Ben, Emmeke anWe ne .In ivi a onato s, f n s an fo n ations we e gene o s, too(an too many to mention).Spe ifi a y we wo ike to thank John an Anne, as they enab ef s ppo t of the e ation in Ash ay p to the s hoo yea 2013 /

2014.An fina y Pete , who took the oppo t nity of his nomination of Zee an s Tea he of the Yea 2009 to o ganize a tivities in beha f of o fo n ation.

Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks

O favo ab e finan ia sit ation has given an sti gives m hoom fo exten ing o s ppo t in Va anasi.

Not by sen ing mo e in ivi a st ents to s hoo ; that eman sst t a sponso ships, g a antee fo yea s.Howeve , we an offe o s hoo s ext a s ppo t fo the next sev-e a yea s; we o e t on e-on y gifts an spen them ove time.

L t november/December e ere t t ree of ourbo rdmember V r .

We ha meetings, he e with Ash ays staff:

Newslet ter 2010

We visite o s hoo s,

saw o st ents an thei pa ents

an visite new st ents at thei homes.

We ha pi ni s, atten e pe fo man es of o hi en,o ganize a meeting on e ation, ate e i io s mea s atthe s hoo s o at o o-ope ato s.

We enjoye the goo atmosphe e an the g eat o abo a-tion.A app e iate o p esen e an we, o se ves, eft fee inve y optimisti .The p oje ts n we to ve y we ; whe e we tho ght the ewas oom fo imp ovement, it was is sse open y.

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OUR PROJECTs1. Jeev c ool d o telJ van i an ini ia iv of h Canadian o ganiza ion Ba icHuman N d . I off ba ic duca ion o a mo 100 chi d n and a hom o 25 of h m.We we e imp esse by this new p oje t of ofo n ation, espe ia y by the way Shee manag-es the s hoo an hoste . Basi H man Nee s

o nt have appointe a bette manage : the p oje t nsve y smooth y.Goo foo is sti onsi e e to be ve y impo tant at Jeevan;a few times we ha a e i io s n h at the Jeevan s hoo .

M si an an e a e a so an essentia pa t of Jeevans s hoo -p og am. We atten e a esson; it was g eat to see howinspi ing the tea he was an how big the joy an e i ation of the hi en.It was the fina ehea sa fo a to hing pe fo man e next ay.

d ing the past yea we have e eive inte esting e-mai sf om one of Jeevans vo ntee s f of info mation abo t thee ation an the hi en.The s hoo wo ks ha on the q a ity of e ation: it paysattention to the ontent of the s bje ts, s hoo books a ese e te a ef y, a ot of e ationa mate ia s a e ma e bythe tea he s themse ves an mo e an mo e Montesso i-mate ia s a e p hase .The s hoo is eve oping a st ent ont o system an ea hSat ay the tea he s eva ate the past week togethe withShee .

The atmosphe e at Jeevan is ve y goo an ha monio s anthe hi en a seem to be ve y happy.

The o e hi en in the hoste a e a so oing we ; they attenp ivate s hoo s in the neighbo hoo , as the own Jeevans hoo offe s basi e ation on y.We went o t fo a pi ni with the hoste hi en. Shee wasve y isappointe with - again, ike yea s ago - finishing se onin a t a k a e, behin Ma ien, o p esi ent of the boa .

B na schoo fund Founda ion uppo d J van hi chooy a i h 2.500 u o. Ov h n x fou y a hi amoun

i b doub d.late in the news ette we pay ext a attention to Shee , themanage of this p oje t.

2. L ttle st r sc oolthi n-g ad Hindi-m dium choo off an duca ion omo han 400 und p ivi g d chi d n f om Nag a and ahom o 25 o phan gi .litt e sta s S hoo (lSS) is ve y a tive. Not on y is the s hoo -b i ing being enovate , a so the e ation is being wo ke on.

A o ing to i e to Asha Pan ey, these two things a e on-ne te : in o e to be ab e to offe a high y q a ifie e ationp to g a e 12 - that is the s hoo s ambition - one nee s we -

t aine tea he s, who e eive p ope sa a ies; an one an getwe -t aine tea he s on y when the s hoo is att a tive anwe -eq ipe .

Fi st y, the s hoo s hoste , whi h is home to 25 o phan gi s,

was enovate ast yea : a new o mito y with ea b nk be s,a ni e bath oom an a new kit hen.The s hoo has got new win ows an oo s, new toi ets, pe -manent e e t i ity th o gh batte ies an a new we .

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A s ien e ab has been ea ize , a omp te oom wi fo owsoon. The e a e a so p ans fo a new sewing oom an a ib a y.At the moment the main pa t of the oof is being ove e an

ose fo ext a ass ooms.

On a nea by pie e of an the f t e annexe wi be b i t fo theexpansion p to g a e 12.Togethe with Asha, conny, o se eta y, i a p ja fo ina -g ating the p a e fo the new we .

In the meantime, the va iety of s bje ts is being imp ove , in-ing the books an othe s hoo ing mate ia s. The tea he s

a e t aine eg a y an Eng ish is be oming a mo e p omi-nent aspe t ing asses.A tho gh lSS is a Hin i-me i m s hoo (the tea hing ang ageis Hin i), it a so ho s g eat impo tan e to the Eng ish an-g age. That is why the highe g a es, apa t f om thei eg aEng ish essons, a e a so ta ght some s bje ts in Eng ish.

The iving fo e behin a e ationa innovationsn the enovation of the b i ing is the expe ien ed t h ex-tea he Pie e Satijn. The d t h Bena es

B i ing So iety p ovi es the finan ia ont ib tion.

On the 1st of de embe lSS pai attention to Ai s/HIV, some-thing ha y spoken abo t in In ia. Most of the hi en haneve hea of it. The hi en wa ke th o gh the st eetsho ing banne s; we joine them.P io to this pa a e, me i a o to s info me the higheg a es ega ing Ai s; the st ents showe keen inte est.

Bena es S hoo f n Fo n ation pays a s hoo ing osts fo40 st ents in lSS. Ea h yea o se eta y sees these 40,with thei pa ents ( s a y the mothe s), ing a spe iameeting. The s hoo es ts a e is sse an the s hoo at-ten an e.lSS mentione this yea y meeting in he news ette of astJan a y n e the heaConny meets the mothers.

We ma e a t ip with the hoste gi s to the wate fa s o tsi eVa anasi. A of s enjoye the bea tif , a m an spa io ss o n ings.

B na schoo fund Founda ion uppo li s a schooup o h choo y a 2013/2014 i h 10.000 u o p y a ,fo 40 ud n , 2 ach and 4 ho gi .

3. a r c ool g progr mth A h ay socia C n off choo ing and h a h ca

h poo of h poo .At the en of Ma h 2009 o fo n ation, an at the same timeAsh ay, has been s p ise by the g eat news that, fo the next5 yea s, we wo e eive a yea y onation of 10.000 e o fothe s hoo ing p og am of Ash ay. We o ha y be ieve it!With s h a stea y in ome Ash ay may ea ize its ambition of high q a ity of e ation.

The Ash ay So ia cent e offe s s hoo ing ing the who eay:

in the morning primary schooling in the Ashray school(mo e than 90 st ents) f om Kin e ga ten p to ass 5.

in the afternoon sewing classes and education to younggi s an women

in the evening homework aid, tutoring and computer classes.

d ing o visit we assesse - mo e tho o gh y than befo e -the e ation, the b i ing an the b get. We wante the

a ge onation to be spent in the best an most effe tive way.



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The yea y b get of 10.000 e os wi a ow Ash ay to appointa few ext a tea he s; to o ganize mo e asses in the afte noonfo g a es 4 an 5 to ens e a smooth t ansition to se on a ys hoo ing; to appoint a m si tea he fo a o p e of ho s peweek; to visit the pa k opposite Ash ay fo spo ts an games(the pa k asks ent y fees); an to t ain the tea he s yea y.

The tea he s Sa hana, damyanti an Van ana

The b i ing is a point of on e n: one an see that it was notb i t as a s hoo . The ooms a e too few an some a e even toosma to be a ass oom. Ash ay ti izes eve y in h of spa e.We ta ke a ot abo t the nee fo mo e ass ooms, at eastth ee. These ooms annot be ea ize in the p esent b i ing.Money fo b ying o b i ing a sma s hoo is not avai ab eyet.Next yea an ext a afte noon shift may offe a so tion.

A so, Ash ay is ooking fo the best type of e ation. Next yeathe tea he s wi be p epa e fo a new s hoo ing system, theNIOS (Nationa In ian Open S hoo ); this NIOS gives Ash ay anoffi ia stat s as a p ima y s hoo an p ovi es e tifi ates foa bette t ansition to se on a y s hoo s.

One night, the Ash ay hi en gave s an imp essive pe fo m-an e; imp essive as most of them neve ha s ng o a te be-fo e, not to mention in f ont of an a ien e.It was an nfo gettab e happening, fo the hi en, fo s, anfo the hote , that ent its oof te a e fo this pe fo man e of a most 100 hi en an even p ovi e some ni e samosas af-te wa s.

With 2 b sses, we went with a the Ash ay hi en to theShanti ash am o tsi e of town.

The hi en enjoye themse ves with footba , i ket, ba -minton an skipping, o me e y with sitting an ta king.He e, too, a ni e n h was p epa e , whi h is a big job whenp epa ing fo so many peop e.

B na schoo fund Founda ion i pay h fu choo inco of A h ay up o h choo y a 2013/2014 (10.000

u o ).

4. Our d v du l tude tAt the moment we have 44 st ents in o sponso p o-g amme. It is with this p og amme that we sta te o wo k inVa anasi, a most seven yea s ago. We saw a the hi enagain, an most of them a e fine. They enjoy going to s hoo .Thei es ts ange f om poo to ve y goo .

Some of them hange s hoo s, f om Eng ish-me i m to Hin-i-me i m, as inst tion in Eng ish appea e to be too iffi-

t fo them. It be omes mo e an mo e ea that Hin i-me i-m s hoo s fo m a bette mat h with the ba kg o n of ohi en, as most pa ents a e i ite ate an speak on y Hin i.

Taking a e of 44 st ents is q ite a job fo o two o a o-op-e ato s: it means han ing the a mission of the st ents, p -

hasing thei books an nifo m, paying the month y fees; b ta so s pe vising an he ping the hi en, noti ing an so vingp ob ems, an he king thei es ts eg a y.An a that on top of thei eg a jobs in Ash ay as an a min-ist ato an as a omp te tea he . Q ite a ot. That fo e s to

in ease the fee they e eive fo a thei wo k on beha f of ofo n ation.

At the same time we ea ize that we sho avoi a ing toomany st ents in o p og amme, an as s h ove oa ing op og amme an in easing the wo k oa even mo e.

It was a goo e ision, ast yea , to se e t on y st ents f omg a e 5 of Ash ays s hoo fo in ivi a sponso ships fo theise on a y s hoo ing. These hi en an thei fami ies a eknown a ea y, a so the fami ys in ome an the motivation,two of the main ite ia fo being se e te .

F om now on on y s hoo s nea Nagwa an Ash ay wi be hosen fo the se on a y s hoo ing of the Ash ay st ents; it wimake the job of o o-ope ato s easie an a sma in ease of st ents in the p og amme possib e.Weve a so e i e to sen on y those hi en to Eng ish-me i m s hoo s, whom we may expe t to omp ete s hoo pto g a e 12 witho t any p ob em, an to sen a othe s toHin i-me i m s hoo s., th s keeping the expenses n e on-t o .

In o e to sha e the esponsibi ity fo the s hoo ing of thehi en with thei pa ents, we wi ask the pa ents a yea -y ont ib tion of 300 pees, f om next s hoo yea on.



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a siLEnT REVOLUTiOnaRy Sheelu Kujur dedicates himself to the nomad children of Jeevan School

It is de embe 1996. The o manomes wa king f om behin the

s hoo . His bea an oat a e wavingin the hot win , his white fa e issweating n e the e ap. Shee ,mento at deva P b i S hoo , b ea he his skin with toothpaste an t ansfo me himse f with otton an ve vet into a

onvin ing Fathe ch istmas. This was o fi st a q aintan e,thi teen yea s ago, with the yo ngest, b t most inspi ingtea he of deva.

Shee chan a Kiso K j was bo n in 1973 in a vi age of 200inhabitants in the no th of In ia. His pa ents we e fa me s; thee est of thei th ee sons took ove the fa m. Shee is anA ivasi, an yo an fee it. The A ivasi o iginate f om the t ibag o ps that ive in In ia befo e the In o-A yan mig ation.The A ivasi a e iving iso ate ; Eng ish ant opo ogists assignthem a e tain shyness in the onta t with othe g o ps, an itis exa t y this shyness whi h is an essentia ha a te isti of Shee . The ta , han some yo ng man se om aises his voi e,an is a ways ve y po ite an benevo ent. Mo esty is his mi -

e name. Yet he knows what he wants, an he ea izes hiseams.

Shee st ie at the ch istnaga Semina y in Va anasi. He eftthe instit tion be a se he fo n the h h too mate ia isti ,

an not evote eno gh to the peop e who nee he p. unti2003 he ombine tea hing at deva with his aw st ies. Aftea p a ti e of th ee yea s he was a epte as so i ita of imi-na aw to the o t in Va anasi. In 2009 he m a e got his

eg ee of Maste of law at the Bena es Hin unive sity withhis thesis Stat s of the Po i e in In ia.

Sin e the cana ian fo n e s of Basi H man Nee s move toBanga o e, Shee is managing the Jeevan S hoo an the hos-te . He o ganizes the a tivities, tea hes, he ps the vo ntee san maintains the exte na onta ts. When yo see his ai y

o tine, yo enjoy a fas inating expe ien e.Eve ything a o n Shee is ve y non-In ian q iet, ve y o e -

y an effe tive. At the same time he a iates wa mth, ove angen ine inte est. So the v ne ab e hi en of BHM t st thatthey an o nt on him, an that he a es fo them; an onvi -tion g ows th o gh the who e g o p. The kit hen se vi e isq ite nat a y ivi e among the st ents an the vo n-tee s. The games on pi ni ay t ansfo m f aw ess y into n htime; a of a s en the e is foo an the hi en a e ine pto wash thei han s, wth soap, befo e eating. This non-em-phati o e is a so a ha a te isti of the hoste . F nit e an

tensi s a e est i te to a minim m; yet what is the e, is ean

an f n tioning.Shee knows, that a so the ve y poo est sha not ive by b eaa one. We wittnesse essons of tab a an kathak, an we eimp esse by the e i ation an the ta ent these noma hi -

en showe in o In ian m si an an e. So the ove of a tsgoes han in han with a new fee ing of st t e fo thesest ents.As a ega a viso , Shee is onne te to the Ash ay So iacent e. Apa t f om his ons ting ho s he o ganizes month yinfo mation evenings in Nagwa, whe e heate is ssions a ehe abo t the ights of women an gi s. These meetings a eimpo tant, b t Shee s hea t is with the hi en. When askefo his vision abo t the is imination of the g o p he is wo k-ing with, he answe s soft y b t fie e y: I want to hange it!

Shee K j , a si ent evo tiona y.

A big onation f om the rota y donken an in roosen aa ,whi h was ai e by the p ofits of a on e t on Ma h 6,2009, wi be spen on f nishing a omp te oom, a

hemist y an physi s ab, an a ib a y fo litt e Sta s

S hoo .The f amo nt is now 11.500 e o. The rota y is sti t y-ing to get the amo nt in ease by rota y Inte nationa .

hOw Can yOU hELP OUR FOUnDaTiOn? As ac ool po or: fo 23 e o/month (o 275 e o/yea )

yo an p ovi e e ation, books, a nifo m, a goo mea ,homewo k ai an t to ing fo one hi .

As a(perm e t) do or: a onations, whethe one-off oa fixe amo nt pe yea , wi benefit the hi en an theie ation.

your do t o m be t x-deduct ble. Ple e co t ct t etre urer of t e BsF for more form t o .

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