Sponsoring students

These are some of the children who are being sponsored in the school. First photo is Sheema. Her mother is a single parent with several children and works in the ashram. Sheema wants to be a singer. Next is our "star" Mrytujai. He is very very determined to be a great singer. His father is a day labourer, very uneducated family but some how Mrytujai has hight aspirations. Everyone who meets him falls in love with this very motivated little guy!

This is Rajendra. He walks a long way to the school everyday and he has only one leg! He is really coming along on the violin and we are very proud of him. The other photo is Gajendra. He is really remarkable. He is very poor and lives in a far off village but still makes the walk to the school every day. He has really learn the flute quite beautifully in only a month!

The fees are only Indian Rupees 200 per month (about $5.00!) But this is often too much of a burden for a family struggling to make ends meet and who often have no interest in their children learning music either. Common situation around Rishikesh. So sponsoring these children is really a wonderful thing for them in their lives.