On this Independence Day, we need to reflect on the question: What is Independence? This was a question posed by our founder Dr Baskaran Pillai. Our girls are learning the importance of independent thinking and how to live independently of the poverty cycle. Just as India became freedom fighters...
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5 news girls were welcomed into the Girlstown family for the school year of 2010-2011. From left to right, we are happy to introduce Anjugam in 6th standard (grade), Deepa in 8th standard, Meena in 8th standard, Karthiga in 6th standard, and Nandhini 11th standard. Their new sisters helped them...
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April 10th (ya a bit late with the post!) we took the girls and caretakers to ‘DizzeeWorld” and amusement park near Chennai. I watched them enjoy being terrified and then overcome their fear by hopping on the ‘scrambler’, the ferris wheel and even the small roller...
This lovely lady lives near Girlstown in Chennai (Madambakkam) and does volunteer teaching of spoken English and computer basics for our girls. Her husband is a banker and her daughter is in 12th standard which is a very critical year in a young student’s life as the important grades are...
At age 20, Sunny is a student in the second year of university studying Bio-informatics. His career objective is to bring down the cost of drug discovery. He volunteers at the Selaiyur Boystown. In his own words: “I am very excited about the new MST. Its a delight to teach...
Every year we can count on ‘Subu’ to volunteer to be “Christmas Tata” or Santa Claus at the Girlstown Christmas party. Dressed up in the stuffed red costume and snow white beard, he appears with the sac of presents slung over his shoulder to delight the girls with his...
I had the pleasure recently of volunteering at the Chennai Girlstown Program. The girls were INCREDIBLY JOYFUL AND FRIENDLY when I arrived, each one shaking my hand and introducing themselves to me in English. I am a Flamenco dancer so I decided it might be fun to do a Flamenco class with them....
Volunteers and friends of Tripura go out regularly to feed the neighborhood street dogs, keep a look out for those in need of medical attention, and arrange ‘capture’ for those that need to go through the ABC or Animal Birth Control program. One very special friend of TF is Brenda. Brenda...
He is the “poster boy” of Boystown; becoming educated and grateful for the opportunities he now gives back as a volunteer both at the Selaiyur Boystown and the Gumundipoondi Boystown mentoring and teaching and supervising the MST program. As of 2009, Simiyon is 25 years old and...
Esmeralda Campos from Mexicali, Mexico is an outstanding volunteer who has taught Mind-Sound Technology ™,(MST)™ to the children of Mexicali since 2005. She is an accountant for an international manufacturing firm. “When I began teaching the MST™, I noticed the children...