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martes, 27 julio 2010 |
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Dear Amigos de Tara: Very special greetings! You might have already planned your holidays or you maybe not know what to do… From “Amigos de Tara”, propose you a solidary holiday with Rakatanga Tour, a Pablo Álvarez initiative that will take you through a wonderful trip by motorbike through the highest mountains of the World, with roads more than 5000 meters high. The road from Manali to Leh, is with no doubts the most beautiful and spectacular trip in the World for a motorbike lover, with such contrast between forest and valleys in Manali and moon scenaries more than 5000 meters high having as a background, during the whole trip, the Himalayas. A different holiday in a magical country, that also supports Amigos de Tara work, as the Money collection will g oto our Association. You are still on time! Click on: http://rakatanga-tour.com/es/index.php enroll now and have a Happy and Solidary Holiday! May all beings be happy! ADT |
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miércoles, 28 abril 2010 |
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Dear Amigos de Tara: I hope all of you are doing very well. In Kolkata , these days, we are reaching 40 grades centigrades. Summer is all over here!. With this heat we are all looking forward the arrival of the monsoon, and stronger than last year, as we hardly felt it at that time.  The new session in Tara School,started two weeks ago, and with many news. Starting with our students number which now reaches 320! We´ve almost triplicated our students since the opening of our School five years ago. We are all very happy with this fact that we consider shows progress and development in our so important work. The sad side is not been able to accept all people that applies for a vacancy. As every year, we keep loyal to our selction rule and choose the poorest among the poors.
Our teachers team have been also increased for this new session; Chandra Prasad and Anita Toppo, are now part of Tara´s family, and with them there are 16 teachers and 6 workers, a total of 21 members.
A few days before classes started, we were all preparing for the big day: admissions, visiting families, preparing the class subjects, tailoring new uniforms…
On top of all this, some internal changes in the team made our days unlimited exciting; Papia Sarkar, one of our most veteran teachers, has beed selected as School assistant director, to support Rhana Catón work, actual coordinator in Kolkata. Also, Pintu, one of our most brilliant teachers, is moving to Nepal, to assist our School there. Pintu, that knows very well Tara´s spirit, will be assistant director of the School in Nepal. We are sure that his support will be very much benefitial for the Project. And Carolo Parra, our beloved volunteer on site, is also going to be part of the Tara´s team in Nepal, from August.  We are confident about these changes and will benefit both projects. The idea keeps on being two local teams that lead the projects with all our support. In fact that is already a fact. We´ve really got the cooperation. We have a team that is very envolved and devoted to our mision. A really fortune for ADT. And on top ofeverything, the opening of the new rooms in the New Tara´s building has taken place. Still unfurnished,( we´ll use mosoon holiday to furnish it) we are already using four new rooms. The bathrooms of the new building will be finished in the following weeks.
I´m leaving to Nepal to prepare the new session there. I´ll let you know. Many thanks to everyone for being there. We keep connected. Natalia |
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lunes, 22 marzo 2010 |
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Dear Amigos de Tara:
The first time that I saw Victor Peter, already 6 years ago, his enormous smile captured me and I could not resist to invite him to be part of Tara´s teachers team. At that time, he hardly spoke English and I hardly spoke Hindi, but the Light on this face was enough to know the human quality that was in his heart.
Along the years , his potencial as a teacher and as a social worker were developing and manifesting in each of his actions. He was very fortunate and proud of his job. After a life of misery and lost, he had finally found some peace and hope. He used to repeat time after time that thanks to Tara, his students had a real childhood and an opportunity to get out of poverty. His contribution to that, made him so happy and because of that he said that he wanted to keep the rest of his life as a Tara School teacher and he smiled…
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Six months ago, when the doctor diagnosis leuquima and very few posibilities to recover, he couldn´t beleive it. For a while his smile was fear to the unkwound. But soon he showed us again his brave and positive spirit . Being him, more than once, the one taking care of the Tara family that seeing his situation , was hard for us to hide our sadness. In the most suffering conditions that a human being can find, he was a real example to all of us: he never complained even having so many reasons for doing so and without keep smiling he joked about the painful effects of the quimiotherapy. UIT a weak voice he kept saying that he would get well to come back to Tara… He faced the third phase of the treatment without almost defences, and although he kept fighting for living, at the end he could not resist it and he left. He left relaxed, accepting that his time in this life was over, with the satisfaction of knowing that he did his best…and with a pleasant smile.
His absence today, makes even stronger the feeling of unity in Tara´s family, accepting destiny we miss him.
Victor Peter was one of Tara´s School teachers in Kolkata, supporting his foudation. He was always ready to support his comunity. His commitment with the most unfavourable ones has been invaluable for the Project´s development and for a proper future for our students that today remember him as a great friend.
Where ever you are Victor, From my Heart many thanks. Be Happy. Always.
Natalia Miss |
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