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KalyanMitra – Gratitude

Event Date: 19th March 2024 Detailed Session Plan  One day at lunchtime me, Karan, Sneha and Xavier sir were discussing ‘gratitude’ after looking at the quote below on the calendar. Xavier sir shared that a person who has gratitude, will be peaceful in life because he/she will get very less moments

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Karan

Buddha Purnima Event

Bahujana-hitāya, Bahujana-sukhāya, Lokānukampāya “Wander forth, O monks, for the benefit of many, for the happiness of many. Shower compassion on the world for the good, benefit, and happiness of gods and men. Let no two go in the same direction.” – Gotama, The Buddha Event Date: 24th May 2024 Few

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A Unique Invitation – a Session on Service

Event date: 15th March 2024 Location: Chetana college, Bandra With love and respect I accepted an invitation from Sachita, an old and close friend, to do an Arts Based Therapy (ABT) session in Chetana College. She has been working there as a professor since 9 years and has been inviting

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Seeds of Learning

Date: March 2024 Every year, there is a project exhibition called ‘Gyan Mela’, organized by an NGO called ‘Our Children’ for various children’s institutions within Mumbai. This was the first time that Dongri Children’s Home participated. From Dongri, there were 2 teams that went for the exhibition, one of which

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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

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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

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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

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Karan

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

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