For a full two years, because of CORONA the little children in the villages have had no pre-school classes. Feeling very sorry for them at home without their friends, this month Nishtha  decided to give each of the 50 children who a registered to attend the 4 anganwaris we look after a special care package. We bought shoes & crocks, socks & underwear, a selection of toys:  cars, balls & playdough as well as colours and drawing pads. They were especially delighted with the nice things to eat: cake, noodles, mango papad and dates. The mothers and children were very surprised to receive such a lot of lovely things. The kids faces lit up when they received the big yellow balls and the cars! What joy!

A full day sports program was organized by Nishtha last Saturday. Around 90 primary school children had a wonderful time playing and competing in running, long jump, high,  jump spoon and lemon race, tug of war and much more. Everyone enjoyed snacking on eggs, samosas, namkeen and banana.  At the end the prize winners were delighted with their trophies and every child received a nice fat copy book and a smart pen. It was a joy to be out on the ground playing with the children on such a bright winter’s day.

165 local primary school children received sturdy sports shoes and 3 pairs of socks this week. Usually we give black school shoes so the children were very pleased to receive such special colorful ones and planned to take good care of them.

On Saturday we had enough children to make two teams to play football – the current craze in the village. Nishtha staff distributed samosa and bananas which everyone needed after an energetic game.

Lovely to see the children back on the ground enjoying picking waste using our new catchers, at the same time as riding bicycles.

Wish you Happy Diwali from Nishtha Staff !

Dear Friends,

This letter comes to you with our 2020-21 annual report, which we have just completed. We are rather surprised and proud of what we have been able to achieve in the face of unforeseen challenges and are very grateful to all of you who so generously contributed to support our committed work in the villages.

Liebe Freunde,

Mit diesem Brief erhalten Sie den Jahresbericht 2021, den wir gerade fertiggestellt haben. Wir sind überrascht und auch stolz auf das, was wir angesichts der unvorhersehbaren Herausforderungen meistern konnten und wir sind Ihnen allen sehr dankbar, dass Sie so großzügig zu unserer engagierten Arbeit in den Dörfern beigetragen haben.

On the eve of Dusshera, a small play based on the Ramayana was performed by the local children on the Rakkar playground. Vijay and Ankush from Nishtha put their full energy into working with the kids to develop their characters and make the play realistic They wore full elaborate costumes and enthralled the 120 strong audience who very much enjoyed the performance. At the end, the actors were honoured with awards of trophies and snacks. 

Nishtha sponsorship dance group came 2nd in the Block level youth program (2021) held at Rakkar school ground.