Another weekend, another fair for Basti Ram, this time it was the London Green Fair in Regents Park.
The Saturday was lovely and sunny, and though we had to battle over the wind (occasionally running off across the park after a piece of paper that had made a bid for escape) we were inundated with inquiries from potential volunteers and even sold some Rajasthani handicrafts. In keeping with the green fair theme - we were selling bags and notebooks which are made out of old bits of sari material.
The Sunday was not so pleasant, it was raining all day, luckily we'd bought along some chai which warmed us up considerably. Thank you to everyone who braved the wet weather to come and chat to us on Sunday.
The highlight of the whole weekend has to be speaking to the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan via live video link as part of the Indian televisions channel NDTV's Greenathon. We had everyone in the volunteer apartment watching live - very exciting indeed! You can watch the clip of our interview here.
We hope that some of the lovely people we met at the fair will come and volunteer in the communities in India.
Thanks,
Tabitha
Ps Please forgive me the bad photos, I forgot my camera so had to rely on my phone...
The Saturday was lovely and sunny, and though we had to battle over the wind (occasionally running off across the park after a piece of paper that had made a bid for escape) we were inundated with inquiries from potential volunteers and even sold some Rajasthani handicrafts. In keeping with the green fair theme - we were selling bags and notebooks which are made out of old bits of sari material.
The Sunday was not so pleasant, it was raining all day, luckily we'd bought along some chai which warmed us up considerably. Thank you to everyone who braved the wet weather to come and chat to us on Sunday.
The highlight of the whole weekend has to be speaking to the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan via live video link as part of the Indian televisions channel NDTV's Greenathon. We had everyone in the volunteer apartment watching live - very exciting indeed! You can watch the clip of our interview here.
We hope that some of the lovely people we met at the fair will come and volunteer in the communities in India.
Thanks,
Tabitha
Ps Please forgive me the bad photos, I forgot my camera so had to rely on my phone...
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