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singing before work... PB July 2007

I can hear the sound of singing. That’s not unusual is it?… but this is singing before work. I’m sitting in the vocational training centre at Punrata Bhavan (PB), a residential care facility for people living with HIV, it’s one of my favourite places in India. it’s monsoon season and there’s green all around. I can still hear the singing, it’s self led and unaccompanied… do I (we) do that at the best of times, let alone before work?... I wonder, are we happier to be led?

Floods... July 2007

It’s been raining in the UK, lots… There have been floods, property damage and even death has accompanied the rain.  I don’t need to tell you, you’ll have seen it on the news.  Perhaps you know even someone affected.  It’s been unusual though, more rain than usual, not a the usual time of year… unusual.

Steve's June Newsletter from Mumbai (2004)….

I've been here in India for 3 months now, 1/4 of a year. It's hard to believe the time has gone so quickly. I have a month to go before returning back to the U.K. The rest of the team are making final preparations to fly out on the 4th July.


Clockwise from bottom left… Esther, Sarah, Helen, Amanda, Me, Katie

One day... Steve's May Mumbai 2004 Newsletter

What follows are recollections from my daily journal. I started making notes to help me remember. Only reading them now do I realise I should have written more things down, names, places etc. It's easy to be wise after the event. I'll do the best I can. What does come out is the overall impression of the work Oasis is doing and especially the commitment of their staff. I feel so privileged to have been given the opportunity by Tearfund to get alongside one of their partner organisations in India. This is an example of a single day in my 4 month trip. My diary begins with the entry "What a day!"

Girl on a train...

I revisited one of my India journals recently.

One of the questions I'm often asked is "how do you cope with beggars?" The general rule is you don't give to them... but it's not always so simple.

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