Friday February 26, 2010

Notable Visits to Vijaya

 The most notable recent event at Chinmaya Vijaya was the visit by former President of India, Hon. Abdul Kalamji. He did the flag hoisting on January 26th of 2010 and interacted with the children very intimately. Hon. Abdul Kalamji has sponsored and paid for a feast-like lunch on January 26th for all the children and guests. More than 400 guests attended the event. The CARE Foundation has pledged to sponsor a lunch annually at Chinmaya Vijaya on Abdul Kalamji’s birthday.

The Trustees of CORD visited Chinmaya Vijaya on February 10, 2010, and participated in the School Day Celebrations.
 

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News from our children

Eight Chinmaya Vijaya children participated in Chinmaya Khel Mela, organized in Coimbatore. Ms. Jhansi of Chinmaya Vijaya won a gold medal in the long jump. Who would have thought that an orphan girl will be a gold medalist! It is all His Maya at work! Gurudev has shown His miracles many ways!

We have a total of 100 children at Chinmaya Vijaya, ranging in age from 4 through 11 years. This year the schooling is being done at Chinmaya Vijaya itself, rather than busing the children to Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Guntur. Br. Poorvi Chaitanya has developed the syllabus as per the Chinmaya Vidyalaya curriculum. Considering the fact that some of these children did not even know the alphabets when they came to Chinmaya Vijaya, they have made excellent progress and some of them are ready to start 6th grade next year.

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News from our staff

Sri Lingamaneni Bhaskara Rao Garu has given us 7 acres of land to use and develop for an organic vegetable garden. Twenty different vegetables are being grown, and we should have a year-round supply of fresh vegetables at Chinmaya Vijaya. The vegetable garden is something to see and enjoy! The ambiance at Chinmaya Vijaya is enviable. Many of us did not have the facilities when we were growing up like these children have.

The construction of 2 hostel buildings, 1 school building, staff quarters, kitchen and dining hall, Satsang hall, recreation hall, and the senior citizens center consisting of six kutiyas is complete and is in the final stages of finishing.

There are a total of 16 employees working at Chinmaya Vijaya. They all care for the children like their own. The employees have the Chinmaya spirit in them and live as one Chinmaya family. It is truly gratifying and satisfying to see them at work as true karma yogans.

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