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| <img class="border indent imageleft" src="/image/kajal5.jpg" alt="Kajal"><img src="/image/Namaste.png" alt="Welcome!"> | <img class="border indent imageleft" src="/image/kajal5.jpg" alt="Kajal"><img src="/image/Namaste.png" alt="Welcome!"> | ||
| - | <p>Welcome to the website of the Ashraya Initiative for Children (AIC), a home for street kids and community outreach project located in Pune, India. Currently, we operate three main programs in Pune: the <a href="doku.php?id=residential:program">Residential Program</a>, housing twelve children; the <a href="doku.php?id=outreach:education">Education Outreach Program</a>, supporting the education of more than 150 kids in the slums; and the <a href="doku.php?id=outreach:health">Health Outreach Program</a>, promoting improved health in the slums through education, healthcare and community mobilization. There are numerous ways to <a href="doku.php?id=support:get_involved">get involved</a> with our organization and make a difference in the lives of marginalized children, so be sure to check out the information about our <a href="doku.php?id=who_we_are:branches">branches</a>, the <a href="doku.php?id=context:street_children">issues driving our work</a>, and various ways to <a href="doku.php?id=support:donate">contribute</a>.</p> | + | <p>Welcome to the website of the Ashraya Initiative for Children (AIC), a home for street kids and community outreach project located in Pune, India. Currently, we operate three main programs in Pune: the <a href="doku.php?id=residential:program">Residential Program</a>, housing twelve children; the <a href="doku.php?id=outreach:education">Education Outreach Program</a>, supporting the education of more than 200 kids in the slums; and the <a href="doku.php?id=outreach:health">Health Outreach Program</a>, promoting improved health in the slums through education, healthcare and community mobilization. There are numerous ways to <a href="doku.php?id=support:get_involved">get involved</a> with our organization and make a difference in the lives of marginalized children, so be sure to check out the information about our <a href="doku.php?id=who_we_are:branches">branches</a>, the <a href="doku.php?id=context:street_children">issues driving our work</a>, current <a href="AICAdminTeam.pdf">openings,</a> and various ways to <a href="doku.php?id=support:donate">contribute</a>.</p> |
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| - | Most importantly, however, this site is about the <a href="doku.php?id=residential:kids:akash">amazing</a> <a href="doku.php?id=outreach:education">children </a>with whom we work! We hope that it can serve as a window into the <img class="border imageright" src="/image/santoshfront.jpg" alt="Santosh">challenges and triumphs, daily happenings and momentous occasions, and growth and transformations experienced by those of us (kids, staff, directors, and volunteers alike) living at the AIC home. | + | Most importantly, however, this site is about the <a href="doku.php?id=residential:kids:aakash">amazing</a> <a href="doku.php?id=outreach:education">children </a>with whom we work! We hope that it can serve as a window into the <img class="border imageright" src="/image/santoshfront.jpg" alt="Santosh">challenges and triumphs, daily happenings and momentous occasions, and growth and transformations experienced by those of us (kids, staff, directors, and volunteers alike) living at the AIC home. |
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| We will do our best to keep things updated regularly, so please check back frequently for the latest <a href="doku.php?id=welcome:newsletter">newsletter</a>, | We will do our best to keep things updated regularly, so please check back frequently for the latest <a href="doku.php?id=welcome:newsletter">newsletter</a>, | ||
| - | <a href="doku.php?id=welcome:updates">updates</a>, and <a href="doku.php?id=photos">photos</a> of our ever-growing children! If you are interested in receiving e-mails with brief updates and photos of the kids on a regular basis, please join our <a href="http://eepurl.com/bfrc">mailing list</a>! You can now also follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/AICforChildren">twitter</a>. We appreciate ideas, feedback, questions, suggestions, creative contributions, and constructive criticism; please feel free to <a href="doku.php?id=contact">contact us</a> with any or all of the above. Thank you for your interest, and again, welcome to our site! | + | <a href="doku.php?id=welcome:updates">updates</a>, and <a href="doku.php?id=photos2">photos</a> of our ever-growing children! If you are interested in receiving e-mails with brief updates and photos of the kids on a regular basis, please join our <a href="http://eepurl.com/bfrc">mailing list</a>! You can now also follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/AICforChildren">twitter</a>. We appreciate ideas, feedback, questions, suggestions, creative contributions, and constructive criticism; please feel free to <a href="doku.php?id=contact">contact us</a> with any or all of the above. Thank you for your interest, and again, welcome to our site! |
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| + | <h2>Our Site</h2> | ||
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| + | <img src="/image/Namaste.png" alt="Welcome!"> | ||
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| + | <p><h1>Happy 5th anniversary!</h1></p> | ||
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| + | On June 21st 2010, it was the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Ashraya Initiative for Children's Residential Program, which marked the beginning of our work for vulnerable children in Pune. <br><br> | ||
| + | Has it really been 5 years already? At the same time that it seems like it was just yesterday that we opened our door to the first children, we have come so far in these five years with your support. It is hard to believe that AIC is the same organization that it was in 2005!<br><br> | ||
| + | Over the next month, we invite you to celebrate these 5 years looking back at where we come from, hearing the voice of the founders, the early volunteers and the kids that benefit from your support. Consider it a small token of our gratitude to you, our wonderful supporters, without whom none of this would have been possible. <br><br> | ||
| + | We hope that you will stop by our website frequently this month to share in the festivities! Visit our <a href="doku.php?id=5thanniversary:anniversary">anniversary pages</a> regularly to see the latest anniversary posts, as well as information about various ways to continue supporting us - after all, we've made it this far and can't turn back now!<br><br> You can also follow us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ashrayainitiative" target="blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AICforChildren" target="blank">Twitter</a> to be informed anytime we publish new materials.<br><br> | ||
| + | Thank you for your continued support!</p> | ||
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| + | <h1>New today :</h1></p> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/Sanjaystory.pdf"><img class="border imageleft" src="/image/sanjay5thanniversary.jpg" alt="a photo of Sanjay" width="206" height="116"/></a> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/Sanjaystory.pdf">"My life at AIC"</a></b><br> | ||
| + | <a href="/doku.php?id=residential:kids:sanjay">Sanjay</a> joined the AIC family in 2005 on the eve of his tenth birthday. Now a teenager, he shares with us his story, interests and hopes for the future. <a href="/image/Sanjaystory.pdf">Read Sanjay's story</a>.<br><br> | ||
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| + | <h1>Already published:</h1></p> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/kajaldrawing.jpg"><img class="border imageright" src="/image/kajalbirthday.jpg" alt="a photo of Kajal" width="206" height="116"/></a> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/kajaldrawing.jpg">A real celebration</a></b><br> | ||
| + | In her creation, <a href="/doku.php?id=residential:kids:kajal">Kajal</a> | ||
| + | describes how anniversaries and birthdays are celebrated by the AIC family - with presents, cakes, surprises and a touch of mischief, of course! <a href="/image/kajaldrawing.jpg">See Kajal's artwork</a>.<br> | ||
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| + | <a href="/doku.php?id=5thanniversary:poetryslam"><img class="border imageleft" src="/image/poetryslam.jpg" alt="a photo of the poetry slam event" width="206" height="116"/></a> | ||
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| + | <a href="/doku.php?id=5thanniversary:poetryslam">Superhero Poetry Slam</a></b><br> | ||
| + | In July 2009, the Residential kids organized their very own poetry slam with the help of an awesome volunteer, Nik. They wrote imaginative poems about superheroes and bravely presented their poems in a coffee shop. Moments like this remind us how far these children have come and how bright their futures are ahead of them! <a href="/doku.php?id=5thanniversary:poetryslam">Check out their creative poetic pieces here</a>.<br> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/ashwinistory.jpg"><img class="border imageright" src="/image/ashwini5thanniversary.jpg" alt="a photo of Ashwini" width="206" height="116"/></a> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/ashwinistory.jpg">Formal introduction</a></b><br> | ||
| + | In this short piece, <a href="/doku.php?id=residential:kids:ashwini">Ashwini</a> presents herself, her thoughts and her dreams. She also introduces us to the two main role models in our Home <a href="/doku.php?id=who_we_are:onsitestaff">Sangeeta</a>, the children's caretaker and <a href="doku.php?id=who_we_are:exec_team:julia">Julia</a>, the home director. <a href="/image/ashwinistory.jpg">Read Ashwini piece</a>.<br> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/jyotipoem.jpg"><img class="border imageleft" src="/image/jyotinostalgyserie.jpg" alt="a photo of Jyoti" width="206" height="116"/></a> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/jyotipoem.jpg">Budding poetess?</a></b><br> | ||
| + | <em>"Out of my deep and caring heart, the sands of time keep tickling away. Consider special people, who love me and who care, and others who have enriched my life just by being there."</em>. Read more of what <a href="/doku.php?id=residential:kids:jyoti">Jyoti</a>, 14 years old, says <a href="/image/jyotipoem.jpg">about her 4 years with our family.</a><br></p> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/poojadrawing.jpg"><img class="border imageright" src="/image/poojastudying.jpg" alt="a photo of Pooja" width="206" height="106"/></a> | ||
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| + | <a href="/image/poojadrawing.jpg">Self-portrait</a></b><br> | ||
| + | <a href="/doku.php?id=residential:kids:pooja">Pooja</a> likes studying, and when she grows up, she wants to be a teacher. In her patriotic <a href="/image/poojadrawing.jpg">self-portrait</a>, she highlights the importance AIC gives to studies.<br></p> | ||
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| + | <a href="doku.php?id=5thanniversary:anniversary">See more.</a> | ||
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