Here are pictures of the computers, printer (on the right), projector (still in the box) we bought and a classroom at St. Xavier’s. Notice in the classroom that the kids will sit on the floor. Off to the left you can see a white board.
A few more pictures from St. Xavier’s: Dancers, dinnertime (notice no utensils), Ms. Chandra/the principal, and the staff singing.
Here are a few more photos from the St. Xavier’s performance. The first photo is a group of the students sitting and singing a Buddhist chant that went on for 10 minutes. It was quite extraordinary. The single dancer was an older student who was very talented in this traditional form. The next group of […]
At St. Xavier’s I was treated to a three-hour performance from Students and Staff. Here are some photos.
So, the St. Xavier’s story. Ms. Chandra kept me well fed. Every morning she would show up with a traditional Nepali breakfast along with one or two of the children. Same in the evening with dinner. Lunch was at St. Xavier’s. The food was always very good and the children beautiful and very well mannered. […]
While touring, packing, going to meetings, shopping, and negotiating with Tik Tok drivers, I though I would post some photos: Hotel Dubdi, Hotel desk manager [I like him so I posted his picture], the view from my room Mt. Kangchengjunga, the road out of Pelling, and St. Xavier’s from the road [I hated that climb, […]
Greetings from Pelling, India. A gorgeous morning. Temperature is 21 degrees Celsius. Yesterday was more problematic. I arrived at Bagdogra airport from New Delhi with no problems. Ms. Chandra, St. Xavier’s Principal, was there to meet me to be sure that everything went well. I got my inner line permit which allows people going into […]
Greetings from New … Delhi! After three flights, I am now 10 1/2 hours different from you all. Only the flight from Atlanta to Paris was noteworthy with a lot of serious turbulence. Today, I spent most of my time running errands preparing for the trip to Tikjuk tomorrow. In New Delhi they have these […]
The Rotary Club of New Orleans is excited to invite others to join our project to bring the Internet to St. Xavier’s School in Tikjuk, Sikkim province, India, Rotary district 3240. Please contact us if you want to help!