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PMs Showcase Their Acting Skills !!

To express Love and Compassion all we need is a pure heart. It was evident in yesterday's Saturday Special when our volunteers Ben, Chandler, Meera and Kathy played Charades with our lovely Paryavaran Mitra sisters. The event took place at RUPA Paryavaran Mitra Centre. For that one hour, we witnessed a cute little girl in most of our sisters. Characters enacted by the women ranged from Police... Continue Reading

More weekend fun!

This weekend we hosted our second field trip. It was just as successful as the last one, featuring brighter weather. Unlike the last group, this class has already done a couple of waste-collection drives. This made their visit a bit more exciting as the students were able to get a more tangible sense of where their waste had gone, and had the chance to meet some of the women helped by their... Continue Reading

First field trip to our center!

On Saturday some students from one of the schools we have been working with came for a field trip to learn more about Paryavaran Mitra. First they came to the ashram where we told them a little bit about Manav Sadhna, then we walked about 15 minutes through the nearby community to visit our RUPA Paryavaran Mitra sorting center and recycling centers. Many of these kids had never seen slum... Continue Reading

Rakshabandhan Gift for PMs

What a nice way to wish Rakshabandhan (a festival of strong bond and love between sister and brother) to our Paryavaran Mitras (rag-picking women). Due to continuous rain, PMs were not able to go for waste collection. Moreover, whatever waste they collected was wet thereby minimizing its monetary worth. So, they were facing acute problems in basic survival. Being closely associated with them,... Continue Reading

Eco-art with Schools!

Last week we had two fun interactive in-school activities with students from Zydus and Shanti Asiatic! On Tuesday, we met with students from Zydus School during their elective hours to decorate the bins we brought them for the waste-collection drives. For the first hour, we painted with a group of kids in classes 6 and 7, followed by students in classes 8 and 9 during the second hour. These... Continue Reading