[Poiple Shadow]

I've updated a few pictures of when we went up to Mumbai, we visited a home up there and also gave out over 500 apples to the children in small pockets of slums... Hope you like the photos...

www.ChildrenWalkingTall.com/Pictures.htm

[priya]

Great pics, again, PS...........Thanks for sharing. The Mango House is lovely - and the "before" and "after" are something of which you can be proud.

OT - any news of lil Premi???

[Poiple Shadow]

Hi Priya,

Premi is ok, I saw her yesterday although she's not always sleeping at home anymore, I think she now sometimes sleeps down at the market or recelycle center. I think she's been to school once in the last week. Hopefully we'll get the licence sorted out so that she can come back and start attending school again and having a life that's no so much on the edge.

Last night was a little interesting, I got a call from some of the chidlren from the slum as one of the parents is trying to come off Alcohol, I was never aware of how dangerous alcohol is, she'd been dry for a few days and she was halucinating and thinking people were after her and her children. When we got there at 10pm she was affraid to stay at the slum, I was really suprised to find that she thought it would be safe at "The Mango House", so we looked after her for the night... (hardly got any sleep!), I just can't beleive what a messy come down an alcholic has.. Really scarey! Ended up taking her back at 5 oclock this morning as she thought someone was coming for her again. I managed to keep her calm with my limited Hindi for most of the night saying It's OK, no, good depending on the circumstances....

[Seventies'Neil]

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I was never aware of how dangerous alcohol is, she'd been dry for a few days and she was halucinating and thinking people were after her

Yes it's the Bootleg,(back street home brews) which mainly cause this, Very dangerous,

You did right to shelter her,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[kullukid]

Seventies, on Sep 12 2006, 07:16 AM, said:

Yes it's the Bootleg,(back street home brews) which mainly cause this, Very dangerous,

You did right to shelter her,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hi Neil, good to see you here, welcome back oldtimer! KK

[priya]

Thanks for the update on Premi PS!!!!

Sounds as tho you had a very enlightening night!!!! Yes, that bootleg stuff is like poison, and good for you taking her in. At least the children didn't have to witness what the lady was going through for the rest of the night.

[Poiple Shadow]

Seventies'Neil : Hopefully she's stopped now... We took her to the alcohol hospital the following night after getting a call from the slum at around 9pm, the doctor prescribed some lovely tablets whcih really calmed her down... She sneaked a drink in so couldn't have the straight away but knocked her out for the whole night after she had taken them... Went to take her to the Addiction centre in the morning to find her still asleep... To the amazement of everybody.. Unfortunately the centre only admits men so has medicine and will be an out patient... Still subdued due to the medicine. Just need to keep her off the gogo juice and try and get her clean... Crossed fingers.... A good thing came out of t though as one of the fathers who's perpetuately drunk has offered to be admitted. The same father who kick and put his daughters arm into boiling curry so I'm eagy for him to go!


Priya, : The children were all crying it was so sad, thankfully since they've been much better and that's what we're here for... The lady is widowed so it would be terrible if she drunk too much and the worst happened, I think there's 5 children, the eldest being maybe 15..

Shanthi : Thank you for the kind words... But don't sell yourself short. Anyway, helping a few is just as important as helping many, if everybody helped a few then the world wouldn't be such a disheartening place..

[Poiple Shadow]

Well, it's amazing the difference in the lady we helped... She is a completely different person, her skin is so much better, she's smiling, her eyes are brighter, it has also helped the children too, one especially who had the weight of the world on her shoulders is now so much happier and she looks 10 years younger (she's only 12/13 anyway) but she was so worried she looked so much older... We took in another father but the doctor was out so we couldn't admit him, if we can have the same effect on him then I'll be signing the whole slum up!!! ) - Just amazed what a difference it has made. Well happy!

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[priya]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if this lady stays in recovery - what a treat for her and the family!!!

[iwanttogoback]

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Shanthi : Thank you for the kind words... But don't sell yourself short. Anyway, helping a few is just as important as helping many, if everybody helped a few then the world wouldn't be such a disheartening place..

so true, poiple, so true. to you it might just be a drop in the ocean, but to the person helped it is much bigger than that. and who knows where the ripples from your act of kindness end?

[Poiple Shadow]

My applogies.. Over the weekend the website was down... (nothing to do with me)... It all seems to be working now though, if anyone has any problems then please drop me a line...

Thanks

[Poiple Shadow]

Hi All... It seems to have been ages since we've posted any new pictures.... We're lucky to have about 12 volunteers at the moment so I've had a little bit of spare time to get my camera out and take a few photos... It has also been holiday for the children (Diwali/Eid) so we've been doing lots of fn things like taking them to the beach, having parties, games, and sports... I have updated 3 sets of photos, I hope you like them....

www.ChildrenWalkingTall.com/Pictures.htm

[Poiple Shadow]

Hi just to let everybody know we have finally managed to finish this months newsletter... Please have a read if ynyone is interested

www.ChildrenWalkingTall.com/Newsletters.htm

[iwanttogoback]

rob

that's a mighty fine newsletter - thanks.

[Poiple Shadow]

iwanttogoback, on Nov 5 2006, 08:10 AM, said:

rob

that's a mighty fine newsletter - thanks.

Really glad you enjoyed it... It took long enough to write the ******** thing!

I'm not sure if it's easier to send one monthly or one every two months... Does anyone else have a similar dilema?

[iwanttogoback]

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I'm not sure if it's easier to send one monthly or one every two months... Does anyone else have a similar dilema?

no, but it would seem to me that if you do a bimonthly then you are going to have twice as much to write. plus, in my experience, putting off doing things just seems to make it harder to get started again.

given the technology we have access to, is there anything anyone could do to help you?

[priya]

Poiple Shadow, on Nov 6 2006, 06:56 PM, said:

I'm not sure if it's easier to send one monthly or one every two months... Does anyone else have a similar dilema?

Great write-up PS!!

One every two months will have you thinking about all that's happened At least a monthly write up will be more current - providing you have the discipline, of course

[Judi]

Hi PS - great stuff, thanks for sharing it.

For what it's worth ....... I used to write a monthly newsletter for a largish organisation. After trial and tribulation, I found it easier to write it as the month went along. After each event, or 'newsworthy' thing, I would immediately write about it, so that at the end of the third week in each month I had all the copy for the newsletter ready. This I put together and then sent out during the last week so that people would have it to start the new month with.

The discipline was good - the articles more 'immediate', everybody was kept up to date, and it really wasn't a chore any more.

[ambermarie]

Hi,

My name's Amber and I'm having a gap year (pre university) at the moment. I was planning on volunteering in India through a gap year organisation, only this fell through. I'm now trying to find somewhere else to go, but having looked around I've realised there's no need to pay up to £2000 to some company for finding me a voluntary placement.

I've looked on the Children Walking Tall website and it sounds exactly the sort of thing I want to do, plus the fact that it's run by English speakers is comforting because I would be going on my own and I feel a bit nervous about this as it will be my first experience of completely independent travel. I'm hoping to go out around the beginning of February, preferably for around 3 months volunteering and then possibly a few weeks travelling depending on how confident I felt.

I have filled in the online application but I was wondering how long it is before I'll hear anything, because ideally I want to organise things asap. Does this charity generally accept most people who apply or would there be a selection process I'd have to go through, and are they likely to need me during the dates I've mentioned? Also are there generally other volunteers around at the same time?

Thanks for any help, I'm a little frustrated that my plans have fallen through so I am desperate to sort something out for my own peace of mind, as well as my parent's! Do people who've been here themselves think it would be safe for me, as a 19 year old female, to come here on my own?

Amber