The first thing that hits a visitor to India is the noise. It is constant and loud. Some, I am sure, never quite get used to it. For others, its a piece of human music.
Yesterday, we met some people who don't have to worry about the noise--the residents of the "Bulidan Rathi Deaf and Dumb College" in Amravati. It is a characteristically solid building in a leafy street in the suburbs of the city. It has a wonderful mural on the wall that surrounds the premises. Take a moment to have a good look.
As often happens on GSE visits to schools, we were welcomed by a message on the noticeboard by the principal's office. He proudly accepts a pin from Cristina, representing the Rotary Club of Santa Fe that is her sponsor club.
The classrooms are all small and the class sizes are a manageable handful for the specialist task that the teachers have in front of them--teaching the deaf children to communicate and function independently of their families. We spot a chart for the signing th.e letters of the alphabet
The children in their school uniform all seem cheerful even if our cameras often elicit a serious face.
We watch the children learning sign language. Notice the chalk boards that seem to relace pencil and paper at this school and others that we have seen.
Their cheerfulness is certainly helped by Cristina who makes a game out shaking hands with one of the older students. We are all now getting used to meting Indian children and have overcome the shyness that so many of them exhibit as well. Now, we're all jumping in and greeting the kids and communicating with them to be best of our ability--and theirs (most of the institutionalized kids we are meeting speak little or no English).
After meeting as many of the kids as possible and distributing some of our dwindling supplies of pencils and rulers (that seemed so copious when we checked our bags in Albuquerqe!), we headed upstairs to the two dormitories--one for boys and one for girls--on the second and third floors. They are both tidy but, as Cristina notices, the girls have more stuff than the boys dorm shown in the photo below.
Another great project supported by local Rotarians that we were pleased to visit.
Yesterday, we met some people who don't have to worry about the noise--the residents of the "Bulidan Rathi Deaf and Dumb College" in Amravati. It is a characteristically solid building in a leafy street in the suburbs of the city. It has a wonderful mural on the wall that surrounds the premises. Take a moment to have a good look.
We watch the children learning sign language. Notice the chalk boards that seem to relace pencil and paper at this school and others that we have seen.
After meeting as many of the kids as possible and distributing some of our dwindling supplies of pencils and rulers (that seemed so copious when we checked our bags in Albuquerqe!), we headed upstairs to the two dormitories--one for boys and one for girls--on the second and third floors. They are both tidy but, as Cristina notices, the girls have more stuff than the boys dorm shown in the photo below.
Another great project supported by local Rotarians that we were pleased to visit.
India is one of the largest populated countries in the world. And with the increasing population level, the level of unemployment is also increasing. Therefore importance of education in the country has also increased.
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