Niranjana Public Welfare School

 
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There's always something new happening at Niranjana, whether it be in the school, orphanage, health centre or out in the villages – even our volunteer friends from around the world are keeping busy.

 

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The new term of school started!
The new term started on 21st June after summer holiday for 1 month.The number of students were around 130 due to wedding ceremony.Some class are combined. class 3 and 4     class 5, 6 and 7      class nursery    As it's very hot, it's ...
Written by Volunteers,
06/22/10
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Cricket tournament organizer
 It is summer holiday in Niranjana School till 22nd June.There are no boys in hostel.One day, Vikram Kumar came and saw me, and said,"Hey, Okazu san, will you be free tomorrow evening?""Yes, but why?""Final match of cricket tournament will be held. ...
Written by Volunteers,
06/07/10
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Meeting with guardians
Since new session of Niranjana School has been started from April, they organized guardian's meeting on 4th April 2010.Mr.Devendra Pathak, the principal of Niranjana School and Mr. Siddhartha Kumar, the director of Niranjana School, spoke to ...
Written by Volunteers,
04/10/10
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new admission going on
The new session of Niranjana School has been started from April.More than 250 children and their parents came to Niranjana and requested to get admission.Howevere Niranjana doesn't have so much seat. That's why they did check examination for those ...
Written by Volunteers,
04/10/10
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Happy Holy!!
Today is the most joyful day of north part of India, HOLY!Today is the new year day in Hindu calender. We are going to COLOR everything!! HAPPY ...
Written by Sumant,
03/01/10
Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya
This week (4/01 – 10/01) Bodhgaya is visited by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is giving teachings in the town all week and rumour has it that this is his final Puja ever in Bodhgaya! Due to his visit, the streets of Bodhgaya have never been so ...
Written by Volunteers,
01/06/10
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Blanket Distribution
The most recent Blanket distribution program has begun at Niranjana this winter. Our good friend Elizabeth at the Help Free the Children Trust in New Zealand has enabled us to supply blankets to the poorest people in 9 villages in our region. There ...
Written by Volunteers,
01/06/10
Winter is closing in!
As the New Year dawned upon us, so did the cold! The last week has been very chilly here in Bodhgaya and no one is enjoying this. The education department has declared all schools in the district to close the week and this may yet be extended. This ...
Written by Volunteers,
01/06/10
Fair
January is the busiest time of the year in Bodhgaya. There are many monks that come from Tibet and other countries around the world. For this reason, there is a fair here at the moment. Yesterday the children with some staff and volunteers went down ...
Written by Volunteers,
01/06/10
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010
All of the staff, students and volunteers at Niranjana want to wish all of our friends and families from across the world a safe and Happy New Year!  We are all very excited to welcome 2010 and we of course celebrated in style. Relaxed style that ...
Written by Volunteers,
01/06/10
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Cow and a calf update
The cow and calf are settling into their new surroundings and the boys have been busy looking after them. In doing so, they have built a new shelter for the calf and have been teaching it some new tricks!  ...
Written by Volunteers,
09/09/09
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Bihar in need of rain
In Bihar this is the rainy season but still now there is no rain, so most of the village people are not happy because they feared if there is no rain the life will be troubled. This season is very important for farmers here, as most people depend on ...
Written by Staff,
07/26/09
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Young boy receives life-changing treatment
Little Amit was only 9 years old when our staff found him in early 2009, suffering with a terrible skin disease. He told NPWT's doctor that he had endured a constant burning sensation, a blistering rash all over his body, pain, itching, fever, and ...
Written by Staff,
04/20/09
Orphanage Expansion Plans Underway
Plans are under way for expanding the premises to allow for hot water services and to ultimately accommodate more orphan children. If you'd like to support this expansion with donations (monetary or in-kind), visit our donations page ...
Written by Alison,
04/10/09
Dinner and study just got better
The renovations to the kitchen and children's dining areas have just been completed, including brand new benches and tables. The boys are excited to have a comfortable new place to eat and study at, as until now, as in most homes in the village, ...
Written by George,
03/29/09
Holi festival
Niranjana celebrated Holi festival in style and with plenty of colour. Students had fun throwing colour at everyone (especially teachers and volunteers).  Students had the week off school and many spent time with their ...
Written by Volunteers,
03/23/09
New cow!
Exciting news this week at the orphanage was the arrival of the cow! The boys were threatening to call it Tini or Helen (after our current volunteers), but luckily they settled on Gai (cow!). A little calf also came to his new home and both of them ...
Written by Volunteers,
03/23/09
Aussie Volunteers Meet in Melbourne
Down South of the Equator, Alison, Amelia, Gabby and Julie met up for the first time since being at Niranjana. We went out to and Indian restaurant in Melbourne and had a great time. As usual we ate too much, and we all miss Ram Kumar's ...
Written by Volunteers,
03/19/09
Mr.Okazu has visited OSAKA! Shama restaurant.
Our longterm volunteer worker, Mr Okazu has visited Osaka, Indian Restaurant Shama on 17-19th March 2009.Okazu and I had meeting about Niranjana and had a very nice time.Yesterday we gave a speech to one Japanese group called "Rotary Club" whose aim ...
Written by Volunteers,
03/18/09
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We have received new cricket equipment!
We still can't believe that one of our wonderful volunteers organised for their friend's at Gray Nicholls to provide us with a big collection of children's cricket gear. Now the children look like little pro's out in the fields! Thank you Jules for ...
Written by George,
02/19/09

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