tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95991442023-05-27T13:25:49.143+01:00Travelling 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.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9599144.post-1111140226198819252005-03-18T09:58:00.000+00:002006-10-04T20:34:25.336+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

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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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