We went to Auroville yesterday!!! I heard so much about it before we came to India, and have talked to many people here in India about the unique vision of this little city, so it was exciting to finally make it there.....it's only 45 minutes away from us here in Kadapakkam, so it's kind of funny that we hadn't been there yet! For those not familiar with Auroville - it is a city outside of Pondicherry founded about 40 years ago by people aiming to create a completley clobal community....a place that nobody owned and therefore belonged to everyone in the world. Yes, many of these people were hippies. The Uluru Children's Home has a partnership with a group from Auroville that is devoted to reforestation and environmental education. Hopefully construction will begin soon in the UCH compound on an environmental eduction center that will be open to the general community. (There will be a fence deviding it and the main UCH area). The long-term aim is to also return the area adjacent to UCH to how it was years ago before human development and then se that area for nature walks/eduction open to UCH children and the whole community. There are so many exciting things happening at UCH! We also visited a school in between Auroville and Kadapakkam that used to be one of the very worst in Tamil Nadu before this organization became involved about ten years ago. It is now an incredible place for school children, high schools, and locals looking for vocational training. We were treated to a tour of the facilities including the art classroom (!!!), the environmentally friendly water-recycling program, the science classroom, and the general grounds. More ideas for UCH.....
Well, the children are watching "Narnia" - in Tamil...we just spent the day on an epic quest to help them update their photo-albums. It was TRULY epic in scope and execution but I will allow Kate to explain it because she's funny and another Kate's Korner is sorely overdue.
Love to you all!
~Alice
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Hi Alice,
Thanks for responding to me :)
My email address is tamsin_ncw@yahoo.com.au
I heard about UCH because I was interested in volunteering in India and posted a question on the Lonely Planet Thorntree Forum about organisations operating in India. I researched the organisations people named and liked the look of UCH the most.
Most of my questions involve the sorts of activities you have been involved in at UCH and general day to day things. If you send me an email, I'll reply and we can communicate that way henceforth.
Hope you are still enjoying your travels. All the best for returning home and settling back in.
Cheers,
Tamsin
Forgot to answer your question about where I am from. I am from Brisbane, Australia.
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