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.
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 ... 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. ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 03/01/10 |
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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 ... 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 ... 01/06/10 |
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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 ... 01/06/10 |
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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 ... 01/06/10 |
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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 ... 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! ... 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 ... 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 ... 04/20/09 |
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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 ... 04/10/09 |
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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, ... 03/29/09 |
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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 ... 03/23/09 |
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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 ... 03/23/09 |
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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 ... 03/19/09 |
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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 ... 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 ... 02/19/09 |
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