New additions to the Wings For Little Minds support list
2019-02-23 10:20:49January 2019 Prem Narine Singh and his wife Indradouti live in the nearby village of Majuwa Baba. Prem is a small-time farmer who has six daughters - a great burden in India due to their dowry system. Four of his daughters are now married and living away from home. He managed to finance the weddings and dowry costs by selling off part of his field each time. Now Prem is an ill and
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Inspiring minds: Saroja
2019-02-23 10:16:09Saroja is sponsored by Lawrie. WFLM has supported Saroja (now 17) through education at the APN school. In April 2018 she took her 10th grade exams, and left school as that school does not offer any higher classes. Committed to continuing her education, Saroja joined the free government school in Harriya (11th grade) in July 2018. Also in July 2018 Saroja expressed great inte
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A little goes a long way: The Sarkoo brothers
2019-02-23 10:10:31The Sarkoo brothers are sponsored by Doll. Latchman (11) and Dharminder (8) both attend APN school in Malkainia. Their home circumstance is far from ideal as they lost their father in 2016 and depend solely on their mother Sanjoo for support. The boys have three older teenage brothers who sometimes find casual work and provide some help to the family. In June 2018 their sc
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Never judge a book by its cover: Mangeeta
2019-02-23 10:02:45Mangeeta is sponsored by Chantelle. During my “annual audit of sponsorship” trip in May 2018 I became aware of one child; Mangeeta who didn’t seem to be progressing through education and (on the face of it) had lost interest, choosing to leave and her place at Kastorba Government school in Harriya. Subsequently her Wings for Little Minds (WFLM) sponsorship was cut. As pa
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April 2018 update
2018-04-08 08:51:29End of school year -- Appeal for donations It is looking like one cold and hard winter is nearly over here in England and we are now looking forward to welcoming the colourful blooms of spring. Far away in the village of Malkainia Northern India, the school children are getting ready to take their annual end of year exams. WINGS charity supports 110 children in 4 local schools, and by e
Read moreJune 2017 Visit Report
2017-09-10 06:33:38June 2017 Visit Report The 2017 visit to Malkainia was planned for April, but this was delayed because of my illness during the winter months. Eventually I was well enough to travel, and arrived there the second week of June. This was not a clever time, as the daytime temperature can rise to 45Deg C, together with that is the children were in their summer holidays. But it was the earliest time I
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May 2017 update
2017-05-31 11:16:29THINGS HAVE BEEN SLIPPING BADLY The new school year has already started. The planned website update has not happened yet. March is when the children take their exams, and April they start their new school year. In the October visit last year the school fees were paid up to March 2017. Then last winter I had some illness which prevented me from travelling for a few months, and therefore, did no
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Season's Greetings!
2017-01-06 19:46:58Seasons' greetings to you all and welcome to the news on the visit to the children - Oct 2016. Looking back on the work with the children, March/April visit was to check that the children we were sponsoring were attending school, and to sign them up to the new academic year. At that time only half-year fees were paid to the school due to a lack of enough cash, but all the parents were promised
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Update on visit to Malkainia in May 2016: Part 3
2016-07-24 08:30:25This third installment of Founder Lall Singh’s recent visit to Malkainia demonstrates how a simple act of kindness really can make such a difference and touch the hearts of strangers. Delivering mail to Laxmi! Longtime friends of mine and supporters of Wings for Little Minds are Roy and Brenda who are sponsoring a little girl called Laxmi Rajaram from the neighbouring village of Basganou, t
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Update on visit to Malkainia in May 2016: Part 2
2016-07-24 08:28:14In this second installment of Founder Lall Singh’s visit to Malkainia, we get an insight into some of the challenges he has encountered since starting the charity and how he plans to overcome them. Satyam and Sheker Whilst I have been travelling to and helping the village of Malkainia since 2014, this charity was only setup in May 2015 and it has been a learning curve for me trying to unders
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