The Nandri Foundation is committed to the education and development of our children. All our activities are carefully designed to protect and promote the best interests of the child. An important part of that is insuring that our young people learn how to play together and have fun! In the Nandri Centre, we have set up a playground for the children with lots of equipment that they can enjoy after they spend time in educational classes. Towards the end of their day, the children are so excited to go outside and the sound of their laughter fills the air! It gives them a chance to forget their difficult empoverished lives and just be children having fun with their friends. After a recent training programme for local children, you could feel the excitement in the air as the day came to an end and they could finally run to the playground! In the words of Jerald, our Chief Operating Officer “The children forget everything and they are in their own world. The campus is filled with laughter, joy and happiness”. When the evening came to a close, the children were sad to tear themselves away from the playground and leave - but the Nandri centre will always be a place that our young people will remember with love, a place of positivity, education and fun and they will long to return time and time again. 
Making entrepreneurs of our mothers
This week we arranged three days training programme for eight of our mothers on making candles and incense. These mothers will in turn show other mothers how to make candles. Many of mothers have already received a loan to buy a cow and this provides regular income. Candlemaking will be an additional source of revenue. Candles are used extensively in India for religious and other occasions. Almost every day the electricity fails so candles will also be useful to provide light.
