Safar Zindagi Ka (Ep 2) – A Story of Resilience and Hard Work
Event Date: 13th March 2024 After a strong, positive start to the series ‘Safar Zindagi Ka’ (SZK) with Episode 1, the second one got a massive response from everyone and set this event into a long term series. There was no looking back after this 2nd episode (Ep2)! Soon after, we even had our 3rd […]
Blooming Women’s Day
Event Date: 14th March 2024 Dongri’s medical unit staff, Dr. Pradnya, had sweetly requested us to plan a women’s day celebration the next day. Since it was a very short notice we were thinking whether we should take it or not, because the next afternoon, we also had the Safar Zindagi Ka (Ep 2) – […]
Unintended Consequences… and a Lesson in Truthfulness
Few older boys have been at the Dongri Children’s Home for the last 3-4 years. They have seen many transformations in Dongri. Many external people have come here with the aim or intention of creating a positive change in the boys and have tried many different things. One such attempt was made recently. Some higher […]
Gratitude – Staff Session 2 – March 2024
Download File Aim of the Session Many of the staff at the Dongri Children’s home have been working for many years at this institution. This place is a difficult place to work at and also an under-appreciated space. Many of these staff members feel burnt out or undervalued. This leads them to be frustrated very […]
Chindi – From Waste to Wealth!
Many of us use ‘Chindi’ as a slang word to signify something worthless or something useless. Chindis, actually, are the small shredded pieces of extra cloth which are cut off at a tailoring shop and often just go into the garbage pile. I had never imagined to see it get converted into this – meditation […]
KalyanMitra – A Step Towards Formation of a Sangha
Loosely translated, a Sangha is a group of virtuous people walking on the path of inner transformation. Again, loosely translated, a ‘Kalyan Mitra’ is a ‘Virtuous Friend’ who supports us while walking on this path of inner purification. As me and my team were planning a session for the staff at Dongri, we were thinking […]
Safar Zindagi Ka – A New Beginning
How often does it happen that you know very little about the life journey of someone you have been working with for many years? About their childhood, parents, school days, challenges, joyful moments and more…? When you know more about a person’s journey, how does that change your relation with that person? With some of […]
Newspaper History
Download File Theme of the Session: An understanding of newspaper history Widely spread different language newspaper Importance of newspaper Session Goals: Quantification, Mindfulness and Memory Space and Material Preparation: Information such as newspaper names, publication years, languages, and locations should be gathered from reliable sources. Create rectangular chits with the gathered information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_India The facilitator […]
T Puzzle
Download File Theme of the session : Creative brainstorming activity to develop out of the box thinking. Therapeutic Goals for today: Creative thinking and Learning the meaning of congruence (compatibility) Space and Material Preparation: https://www.thinkfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Tpuzzle.pdf Age : above 10 years 1st Session This activity can be played by an individual or a group of three […]