Mr. Jaspal

Mr. Jaspal was invited to work with children during Sept-07. He hails a place called Phagwada in Punjab. He works with the children from slum dwellers. He runs a school for them from his own resources along with his associates. Mr. Jaspal is a postgraduate in Punjabi Literature. During his short stay, the students learnt Punjabi dance. At the time of parting the children wept. He left a mark in the minds of these young ones.

Ms Chitra Nandan

Chitra Nandan is an artist and is a very enthusiastic and lively person. She has deep interest in paintings. She is extraordinarily passionate for trees and nature in general. She has organized a number of exhibitions of her paintings in different parts of India. Though she is based at Almora, but travels quite a lot. She stayed for a month long in October 2007 at the Rural Centre. She taught painting, story telling and also the drama to the students of Achyut Patwardhan School. She promoted the use of natural colours obtained from varieties of flowers in all her works with children. The children learnt skills in painting and drama. Children presented a skit focused on conservation of natural world.

Students-Teachers from Lakshmi Ashram, Kausani

Three students-Teachers, Ms. Nandi, Ms. Pooja, and Ms. Gowri and Ms. Gayatri, a Central school teacher, visited Rural Centre in January 2008. They worked with children for about a fortnight. During their stay, they taught children songs and shared about how their school is run by the students and teachers together. There is no master-servant culture existed in the Ashram school. All the students and teachers work together in all areas such as cooking, cleaning, washing etc. in a nutshell complete maintenance of school and hostel.

Lakshmi Ashram school runs on a Gandhian Philosophy. These students were given an idea as to the self reliant practices of running a school

Quiz and Painting competition- Conservation of Water

Five students from 6th to 8th standard participated in Quiz and Painting competition organized by Central Water Commission, Varanasi on "Conservation of Water". Central Water Commission organizes this programme every year in December. 50 participants from 10 and odd school participated in this competition. The Achyut Patwardhan School bagged three prizes. Kum.Ankita Mishra and Kum. Ankita Sahani of 6th standard students got 1st and 3rd prizes in quiz competition. Kum. Sadhana won a consolation prize for painting.