IMC India - ANOTHER ROUND OF 20,000 KITES FOR GANDHI JAYANTI

ANOTHER ROUND OF 20,000 KITES FOR GANDHI JAYANTI
By Ajay Raina & Leya Mathew 02/09/2002 At 18:14

"The first thing is that politics has divided India Today into Hindus and Muslims. I want to rescue people from this quagmire and make them work on solid ground where people are people. Therefore, my appeal here is not to the Muslims as Muslims nor to Hindus as Hindus, but to ordinary human beings who have to keep their villages clean, build schools for their children, and take many other steps so that they can make life better." Mahatma Gandhi - 1946

Dear Friends,
Congratulations. Finally, at last, the Pan Shop blocking the way to Gasiram ki Chali has come down 6 months after they left home for the refugee camps. The residents of Gasiram ki chali have started coming back. The broken down houses are now being rebuilt.

Meanwhile, life in Kasai ki Chali is almost back to normal. The Informal School in Kasai ki Chali is going on and picking up pace. Please help us choose a name for this school - a few suggestions are; Communal Harmony School, Ahimsa School, Gandhi School...) Along with our initial teacher Sulekha we now also have Sunita, a Hindu girl from Gasiram ki chali. She is helping Sulekha and learning to start her own school in Gasiram Ki Chali once all its residents are back home. A couple of Hindu children fron Gasiram ki chali have also started experimenting with our school. We have also started Sewing Classes for the interested girls from Kasai ki Chali. Presently we also have a Handmade Paper making Workshop underway.

During our course of work in the chali we have tried to make the Chali people independant of us in every sense of the word. We also realise that we too cannot just sit and wait for donations to come in till we can implement our project, though people have been very generous and supportive of our work both in cash as well in kind. We still need to generate funds till we are on some firm ground here.

Last time we had made 10,000 kites from Kasai ki Chali for AZADI DIVAS. We had received overwhelming reponse to the project from individuals and organisations across the country. Infact we received more orders than the number of kites we had made. The profits earned from the sale of kites has been partly used for rehabilitation work of the Chali and partly for the non-formal school we started last month.

So, we are making another round of 20,000 kites, with messages for communal harmony. We are intending these kites to be flown / exhibited on the occassion of GANDHI JAYANTI. We will have these kites ready by September 15th. The cost of one kite is 6 Rupees only (Including packaging and transportation) . The profit of 4 rupees per kite will be used for the Informal School/ Community centre Project for the children of Kasai ki Chali and Gasiram ki Chali, and for individual education needs of a few kids from the two Chali's interested in enhancing their education level.

We would hope that this time too, Individuals, organisations, NGO's and schools would come forward to order the kites so that we can help ourselves realise our little dream for the two Chali's dear to us.

For those who had ordered kites for the last round and we were not able to get them, please send in your orders again ASAP.

For convenience of packaging and transportation, we would prefer if the orders are booked in bulks of 250 / 500 / 1000.

Please give us your postal delivery address and contact phone number when you order the kites. The payment can be in the form of DD in favour of GUJARAT EDUCATION SOCIETY/ PRASHANT addressed to:

Ajay Raina,
c/o Rais Sheikh,
ELITE FLATS,
Off; Narayan Nagar Road,
Near Jethabai Park Bus Stop,
Paldi
Ahmedabad, 380 007

Best Regards,
Ajay Raina / Leya Mathew

Email:: ajayraina@vsnl.com
URL:: http://

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