REUNION

1. REUNION
REVISITING OLD FRIENDS
A project for DFC 2012
by Anando

2. RATUL
Last year , our group had worked
with the students of Hanshi
Khushi, a school for mentally
challenged children.
We had taught them crafts
SANJIB which they were later able to use
PIYALI
for their annual sale.
SUROJIT
This time we included a few more
friends into our group.
MAMONI
GARGI
DEEPTI

3. Last year was our first
exposure to children who are
differently able. And just like
the name Hanshi Khushi ,
which means “smiling and
happy” in Bengali, we were also
very “hanshi khushi “ about our
intervention .We really wanted
to go back and do more at
Hanshi Khushi.
So when the opportunity
presented itself, we decided
to once again make this our
project.
A visit with Hanshi Khushi
principal Urna Bose, convinced
us that we were on the right
path.

4. We decided that we
would take our project a
step further this time.
Now we would also teach
the teachers , so that
they could continue to
work with the students
after we had gone.
We also wanted to make
decorations for the annual
sale and help out at the
stalls on the day o the
event.

5. We divided our group according to the tasks at
hand……
One group would come to Hanshi Khushi for an hour three
times a week before their own schools started.
Another group, comprising of those who could not come to
the school because of their own school timings, would take
on the responsibility of finishing the products over the
weekend classes at Anando and at home.
Our other friends at Anando were also invited to join in
……the more the merrier we felt!

6. With everyone’s
suggestions , a list was
made of all the items we
would like to make,
based on our previous
experience.
We found we were more
confident now as we
knew what to expect!

7. We were soon back at
the school!
The students were so
happy to see us
again……and we were
excited to meet them
again!
They seemed to have
grown up a lot in this one
year……..

8. The “
teachers “
soon got to
work ! We
started with
painted clay
pots.
The pots were
first
sandpapered
and then
painted with a
base coat.

9. Then they were sponged with paint and finally
varnished to create brightly coloured lower
vases.

10. We also used
printing
techniques to
create
notebook
covers…….

11. Later, we covered
the notebooks and
then wrapped them
with plastic film to
protect the covers.

12. Pinky and Deepti
worked with the
Hanshi Khushi
educators to teach
them how to make
jute dolls.

13. On the days we could not
come , our friends from
Anando filled in for us.
They helped the students
to complete the picture
frames we had made.

14. Over the
weekends ,
we worked
at
completing
and
finishing
the
products.

15. CALENDARS
MORE
RAMES
Some of
the other
things we
JAPANESE made……
DOLL
BOOKMARKS

16. It was a proud moment
to see all the products
on display on the day
of the annual sale……

17. It was a good experience overall. We
found the children could do so much
more now and we too were not as unsure
as before.
Our organizing skills could have been
better…it was more difficult trying to
co-ordinate with the larger number of
team members, especially as we would
meet only once a week.
Our list of things to make was too
long…we didn’t have enough time to make
everything on it!
It was not possible for us to help at the
stalls because most of the guests came
in the morning when we ourselves were
at school!