tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95991442011-12-15T02:59:55.935ZTravelling to India to volunteer at a School and eye hostpital.This is a diary of my visit and the ongoing story of the projects.Amarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12924084549161006082noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9599144.post-1111140226198819252005-03-18T09:58:00.000Z2006-10-04T20:34:25.336+01:00

Yesterday we launched the new Divine Onkar Mission Website. It is packed full of info and I do ask you stop by and take a look. We need your support. We care now working on sorting out online donations and we could really do with some help on that. If you can help or have any suggestions please get in contact either by comments or email.Thankyou

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Just want to let everyone know that ALL revenue from advertisments on this blog I will giving over as a donation to Divine Onkar Mission .

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Lots has been happening :-)The children are all in the middle on board examinations so they have been busy with that. This is a very important time for them so I wish them all the best in the world. They work extremely hard and are very dedicated.As you may know I have been involved in the Divine Onkar website. This is now being tested and will go live this weekend (fingers crossed). Please do

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Jharkhand, the state where all the work Divine Onkar Mission does has been in the news alot of late.Opposition protests have forced India's parliament to adjourn for the fourth straight day after a political row over developments in Jharkhand state. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4317203.stm

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I have given the site a fresh new look and feel. Hope you like it !!

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My name is Ravi Kumar. I come from Chandrapura. My mother name is Mamta Devi and my father name is Krishna Mali. I have two sisters and 1 brother. I am 10years old. When I was in Chandrapura, my mom used to take me with her to pick through garbage. My father also went to pick through garbage. When I was 6years old, I also started picking through rubbish. Together, I, my mother, and my father used

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This is my life story. I am Santosh Kumar. I am in Class 4. I am 15 years old and I am from Pundag village. My father name is Late Sahal Munda and my Mother name is Srimati Gaalo Devi. I have one brother & one sister. I am the youngest member. I want to be a computer programmer.My father used to work for CCL. When I was 8 years old, my father used to live separately because he had to attend his

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Ek Koobsurat Yaad.Subha ki dimi demi kiron ka sath,thul saa uhtana ka alaan,suub ka nhaana ka shoor,theez chalta pauyo ki ahat,apa ka thanda hartho sae shoona,apa ka hoto par muskan, or masoom aako mae lakho sawaal,aap kaa pyar baraa thofa - dunda hum sa apna paan,aap ka nach ma krishan ki lela samay huhi ha.Kushi ek kemati sougaath hum naa tum sae payi,Kaya yahei zindagi haa?Bagwan thum ko saada

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My name is Birsa Kumar. My father used to ride a rickshaw. After he died we brothers became orphans. We were supported and cared for by my sister who was then 10 years old. We lived in a small shack by the roadside. One day a charitable man had pity on me and took me to the Divine Onkar Mission Orphanage. Ever since then the Orphanage has been my guardian. Here my education, meals and general

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I got an email from Santosh today. This is a english translation of his personal oath. Most, if not all the children have an oath.My oath is to help the helpless people and poor children and work to provide them a school education. I will serve like my godfather, godmother and brother ("Bhaiya") Tersam Nagi, Samitri and Amar Nagi to Divine Onkar Mission.

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My name is kajal kumari. My father name is Sri Sitaram Sahu. My mother's name is late Mrs Parvati Devi. I have a younger sister. My father always hate me. We are very poor. My father always beat me. One day my younger sister and I were going to my grandmother's house. That night my papa hung my mother and killed her. Next morning we started to search for my mom. When I asked my maternal

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I am Manila. I am reading in class IX. I have been living in Divine Onkar Mission since 1998. I come from Chutupalu Pundag. It is 30km from my School. I have three Sisters and no Brothers. I am youngest in my family. Name of sisters are late Charki Devi, Mrs.Ugani Devi and Mrs.Asha Devi. My father’s name is late Mr.Ram Munda and my mother’s name is Mrs.Jhalo Devi. I was born on 6th March 1990 at

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My name is Pawan Kumar. I am a student of Class IX (9). I am 14 years old. I come from a village called Ichatu. My father’s name is late Shri Damru Mahto and my mother’s name is late Shrimati Dumri Devi. They are not living with me. They are no more in this world. I have four brothers and four sisters. I am the 7th member of my family. When my parents were alive, we were leading a happy life.

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I have recently spoken to the children and asked if they could tell me about their backgrounds in their own words. I hope it will give you an insight into the background of the children. I will blog them as soon as I receive them. I am sure you will enjoy reading them. Please do comment on the blogs as I am sure the children will get a thrill reading your feedback. On another note Tersam arrives

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As promised here is Kumlaish's and Ramesh's thoughts about their trip. I would like to thank them for sharing their thoughts. Hi Everyone, Our visit to DOM in Jharkhand had been on our wish list for several years. This year we decided to shift our priorities and planned to undertake the visit on a tight time scale of two weeks. It just felt like, now was the right time for us. Although

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We were told today that an 18 year old girl and then a little later a 40 year old man have been taken in. The girl had been badly abused and was just left outside. The man had been run over by a truck and is urgent need of an operation. I will do another update once I have more detail. We have been regular contact with the everyone at the school and hospital. We talk on the phone, email and

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Kumlaish together with Ramesh spent 2 weeks at the hospital and school. I have asked them if would submit a post describing their experiences to which they have agreed. They arrived a week after we did and got back to the UK on 8th Jan 2005. They visited a school for children with disablities which we never got time to visit. It will very interesting to read their point of view.

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farewell_all Originally uploaded by aashram.

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farewell_car Originally uploaded by aashram.We really miss everyone and looking forward to returning this year after the summer and monsoon months. This time our stay will be alot longer.

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New Years Day was the best I have ever had. At around 4am were awoken by loud music. It was the start of the celebrations and homes all around were starting the day with prayers and songs. Once that stopped our room was stormed by the children wishing us a happy new year. It was quite obvious that we were not going to get any sleep :-).We jumped out of bed and were called up to the roof terrace.

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The founder of the whole project, my dad, Tersam. He has set 3 schools, 1 hostpital, eye camps, educational camps, water wells, leprosy aid, housing, schools in Orissa, aid to Orissa and Gujarat. There are so many dimensions to the project I am finding out new things all the time. He always talks about how it was the poverty that forced him to leave India 50 years ago. Thats why he came back to

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Kajal loves having her photo taken. She is always smiling even when she talks

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Chistmas EveOriginally uploaded by aashram. Christmas Eve and we are all busy decorating and eating lollipops. You can just make out Monica at the back :-)

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scenery_outside Originally uploaded by aashram.

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Kiren & Veerus Family VisitOriginally uploaded by aashram. For the handful of children that have family, visits are normally once a week for about a hour. This photo is of Kiren and Veerus (right to left middle row) with their mother and 2 sisters.

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Always at my side everywhere I go. Pushpa Originally uploaded by aashram.

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It is New Years Eve and our last night here. I have also been in bed since yesterday afternoon suffering from a fever and exhaustion. The picnic yesterday was fantastic, just great atmosphere. Watching 500 plus children walking the 3km to a clear flat area in the middle of a jungle was a site to see. The landscape was breathtaking, mountains all around with a stream passing by. There truly is so

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Things have been really hectic and busy. We have been organising aid for the Tsunami victims. A delgation is flying from here to Chennai tomorrow to organise further help and setup camps. The kids are very upset as a group of people from their karate class who live in Ranchi have been reported missing. They had flown south to attend a martial arts competition. It is devasting, I would really like

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Since my last post I filmed 10 cataract operations which was an unbelievable experience. The surgeon talked me through every stage. We interviewed one the patients who I had followed since the camp. The story of their hardship was very hard to listen to and film. Christmas day was fun. The children all decorated the school and they designated me to blow the balloons. It is bizarre how you change

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Thursday we went to a remote village to setup a medical eye camp. The village is in the middle of a large coal mining quarry. It was like we had landed on a different planet. You can forget about pollution control here. People were just burning off coal everywhere. There was thick black smoke and black dust rising in all directions. I even saw a pig that was originally pink but now was covered in

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IMG_0376 Originally uploaded by aashram.

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Outside the Camp Originally uploaded by aashram.

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Its been a while since I have posted, its been really busy, and the electricity seems to switch off when I get time to post. Here is a big post.MondayHad a difficult time sleeping last night, I am eating mainly spicy food which my stomach cannot handle very well. It was very cold night and I had got a small fever, I was fine in the morning though. We decided to explore today. I walked around the

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hoddyboys Originally uploaded by aashram.

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pushpaandfriendOriginally uploaded by aashram. Pushpa & Roshni. Pushpa follows me around and is forever smiling. She is the one in the black dress. Roshni is the dancer

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What can I say to truly describe into words what I've experienced in the last 24 hours. I am speechless. I've probably seen and experienced more in the last 24 hours that I have in 34 years. We finally got to Ranchi, the flight was ok besides the ever so small incident of the passenger's mass exodus to the toilets while the plane was hurtling down the runway about to take off. Not a good idea,

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Site seeing picsOriginally uploaded by aashram. A pic of Gandhi's Statue @ the museum

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Site seeing picsOriginally uploaded by aashram. The view @ Jama Masjid showing "Old Delhi"

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The day started with being setup upon outside the hotel gate by a bunch of doggy nasty smelly taxi men. All we wanted to do was go for a walk. In the end with the walk lasting about 3 minutes or 4 paces. We then hired a driver from the hotel for the day and set off to firstly see the Gandhi museum, "Tees January Marg". It was surreal being at the same place where Gandhi lived and worked and was

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Some Quick PicsOriginally uploaded by aashram. The Sun setting over Connaught Place. This pic does not truly capture all the colors and lighting, but gives you an idea :-)

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Some Quick Pics Originally uploaded by aashram.staff at Haweli Restaurant

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We arrived ok and on time. We were greeted in customs with a queue which must have been a mile long, ok I lie about 500yards. Saw some cows and donkeys walk past outside the airport which was fun. The driver from the The Taj Hotel was well cool, he gave us a quick tour of the area around the hotel. We are next to India Gate and the Presidential Palace. They are amazing, so much beauty. The hotel

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I have setup this blog to document my upcoming visit to Ranchi in India. I will be spending 2 weeks working at the Divine Onkar Hospital and Orphanage. I fly out on 16th December to Delhi and then fly on to Ranchi where the Hospital and Orphanage on Sunday 19th December. If you want to find out more about the Divine Onkar Project then goto http://www.divine-onkar.org.uk/ (I do warn you their site

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