School Visit

Anou recently visited everyone at school. They had a lovely time together and all of the children are happy, healthy, and doing extremely well. Meher is as lively as ever and continues to excel academically and socially.

Back to School

Meher and the other students from Project Why have headed back to school! As you can see from the photograph, they are all doing well and are excited to be back.

New Pictures of Meher at School

This is a long overdue update, but Meher is doing extremely well at school, as she always does, and continues to receive straight A's. Even more importantly, she is very happy (as you can see from the pictures) and healthy and is enjoying herself immensely.

Visit to Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School

Today (Wednesday, April 13th) I visited students at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in New York. The school is part of the Outward Bound network, and students and teachers embark on expeditions (similar to interdisciplinary units) as part of their curriculum.





Their current expeditions is called "Taking a Stand" and Ms. Shiney, a teacher at the school, invited me in to talk about fund-raising and advocating for Meher. The students had already learned a lot about India, Meher, and activism, and had great questions and ideas to share with me. After our discussion, the students made posters to show what they had learned and explain the issue and solution to the rest of the school.





It was a wonderful visit and I really enjoyed sharing Meher's story with the students.

Spring Break

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Meher is back from school for a short break. She goes back on April 3rd, when the school will announce the end of term results. Then she will be entering Class 1! She is happy to be home and spending a lot of time at the Women's Centre, as always.

Visiting Day and End of Term

Shanti Gyam International School's year just ended and all the students are now at home. Meher and Utpal will be returning for a little less than a month for a summer camp the school is running this year.

Here is a picture of Meher with Austen, a volunteer from Barrington who is working at the Women's Centre.

School Visitors Day

Recently, Anou and Austen went to Meher's boarding school to see all of the Project Why kids. They are all doing well and receiving good grades in school as usual. Meher and Utpal may stay at Shanti Gyam International School over the summer, as there is a special summer camp program available this year.

Congratulations Meher!

Results are out and Meher is first in her class! She received grades of A+ in all subjects. We are all so happy and proud of her.

Happy (Belated) Indian Independence Day!

In honor of India's 64th Independence Day, there were festivities and performances at Meher's school. Here she is performing:





And here are all the kids after the ceremony:

Meher's Report Card

Meher is doing very well at school, as you can see from her report card below!

Meher at School

Last month, I went to visit Meher, Utpal, and the foster children from Project Why (Aditya, Babli, Vicky, Nikhil and now little Manisha) at their boarding school. The children were so happy to see us (my sister and cousins came as well) and very proud to show us around the school. Each child insisted we see his or her classroom, cupboard, and bed. They are all very happy to be there and told us how much they enjoy school. Meher in particular told me she enjoys schools, especially because "we eat lunch and play everyday."

Here is a video of Meher showing us her cupboard:

Meher's First Day of School

Meher started boarding school!
She has settled in well and is really enjoying herself. She told Anou that she loves it there.





Utpal in particular is taking very good care of her.

Getting Ready for School

My parents recently visited New Delhi and brought Meher some new clothes from her friends at Hough Street School in Barrington. She and everyone at Project Why were very excited to see them!


Here she is modeling a dress that students at Hough Street School sent to Delhi for her.











They also went to see Dr. Khazanchi to talk about the last operation on Meher's
hands.


Meher is studying hard as she recently passed her entrance exam to go to boarding school.

Doing Homework

And here she is studying hard:

The Next Step

Meher is now fully recovered and studying hard everyday for her entrance exams to boarding school! She needs one more operation to on her left hand before she starts school, and we are preparing to have that operation next month. She is doing wonderfully; as you can see, she is as happy and healthy as ever. Here she is wrapped up against the cold as classes at the Women Centre are on the roof and semi-exposed year round.