“ABC, easy as 123″

25 of the older children are now in pre school. Fundraising by Carrongrange School has helped to facilitate this.  Each weekday morning the older children are all washed and smartly dressed in their school uniform, with socks and shoes, ready for school.  (The older children are mostly 5 years old but there are a couple who are 7 years old).  

They go to school for 3 hours each day. They are picked up by bus at 9:30 and return at 12:30. The group is split into 2 sections, a younger group and an older group.  The younger group are working on their ABC’s and the older group spell english and tamil words and add sums. The school is run by Krupa Charitable Trust They are the same trust that works within the Leprosy Colonies.

There are 2 teachers who teach the children. We were able to spend the morning with the children at school. We were able to help the children with their english and arithmetic and the children taught us tamil words. It’s was fantastic to see the children learning and be so eager to learn. It kinda made us realise how much we take education for granted, we are lucky to have the system we have where everyone is eligible for free education.  

In this photo the children are standing with Susheela, she has just been working at the orphanage for a week but has integrated very well. She is a qualified creche teacher so is able to teach the younger ones whilst the older children are at school.