It's a very busy time of year here at Basti Ram headquarters. Since our last blog we have seen the successful completion of our 2011 'Beyond Boundaries' and 'Life Through the Lens' Projects.
Young people from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham celebrated their outstanding achievements in style at a lively presentation ceremony. A huge well done to all participants who accepted their ASDAN Awards, proudly presented by local councillor Rocky Gill.
As a ticketed event and with fun activities such as a raffle and disco, young people kindly raised money towards our 'Fund a Mobile School' campaign. Our aim is to take education to children living in isolated Indian villages. You can follow this campaign at http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/pr/8200/proj8108a.html
The Beyond Boundaries celebratory event was the perfect opportunity to display the high standard of photographs taken by boys from a local Rajasthani orphanage on our 'Life Through the Lens' 2011 project. Fantastically, summer 2012 will see these boys progress to the intermediate stage of our participatory photography projects, equipping them with valuable skills that can help towards improving their life chances!
We are very excited about a new cohort of young men from the orphanage who will be learning to use a camera for the first time ever in March 2012! We will be updating a daily blog with photos and stories from the young people, so if you'd like to see how we're getting along you can follow us at http://bastiram-photography.blogspot.com/.
Other activities keeping us busy have included exhibiting at The Outdoor Show in EXCEL Docklands. This was an excellent platform to promote the worthy work of all participants of our projects and recruit future volunteers. Upcoming in 2012 and 2013 is the progression of the hugely popular 'Life Through the Lens' project, 'Duke of Edinburgh Residentials' for young people in need of a challenge, 'Combined Yoga and Teaching Holidays', 'Construction and Renovation' project and our year round 'Teaching in Rural Villages' programmes. There is something for all ages/families/individuals/groups who are seeking a unique and worthwhile travel adventure! For detailed project information please visit our website www.bastiram.org
We also need volunteers to assist with our UK operations, if you are interested in any of the above please contact info@bastiram.org or +44 (0) 7515 857 865.
Katherine
Beyond Boundaries 2011 project participants collecting their ASDAN Awards. Well done all!
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