Category Archives: Newsletters

Greetings from Sittilingi. Its been a while since the last post and hope this update will help fill the gap in communication. We have had the usual problems with crashing computers, and dead phone lines [the Thulir phone is dead as write this, and we are hoping to somehow access the net from elsewhere to […]

The First batch of Basic Technology course has joined Thulir! June was a hectic month in Thulir. There was a phase of touring the nearby villages and explaining what this new course on Basic Technologies is all about and seeking applications from suitable candidates. Then we had the applications coming in, in all 13 of […]

Thulir Camp In the Month of March, We held a weekend camp for the ThulirChildren. The children came to Thulir on Saturday morning at 10 amand stayed in Thulir till Sunday evening 5 pm. For most children,this is the first time they are staying over at Thulir and so therewas much excitement. About 25 boys […]

Carolyn, Patti and Nick Carolyn and Patti kept their yearly date with Sittilingi and were here from mid Decto mid Feb. They brought more learning materials similar to the ones they broughtlast year with them and it has been a valuable addition to Thulir’s resources.Their friend Nick too had come this year and he is […]

Senthil and Vediappan are in Timbaktu! From Thali [where the Thulir team went for an exposure visit last week—see previous post below for more on it!], Vediappan and Senthil along with Krishna proceeded towards “Timbaktu Collective” in Andhra Pradesh. We stopped at Vijay and Gracy’s farm in Thali for the night. It was a nice […]

Exposure Visit Pics: [clockwise from top left]1. a simple compost structure at Green Foundation2. Jayappa at Green Founation campus3. with the Navadarshanam team We finally decided its time for our senior students and staff to travel out of Sittilingi valley. Lots of village youth who work in Tiruppur had come for the Pongal holidays in […]

Esther’s Stint in Sittilingi comes to an end A nurse by training, she came to volunteer in Sittilingi tribal hospital for a year. While she has been here, Esther came to interact with the Thulir children every week for a session. A Warm friendly person, she was much liked by the children. She helped them […]

Theatre workshop Dr. Velu Saravanan, a theatre professional who specialises on working with children had visited Thulir on a weekend and conducted a theatre workshop. An accomplished professional, he quickly got the children into the act and in 24hrs managed to teach them a play and rehearse sufficiently to put up a performance for the […]

More on Vigyan Ashram, Pabal Yogesh Kulkarni of Vigyan Ashram has mailed in to say that the following website has more uptodate information on Vigyan Ashram:www.vigyanashram.com Further, their course is being conducted now in 23 Govt Schools.[not just the initaial three schools that we had mentioned in the report!]

Pongal/ Shankranti Time!! Pongal is the most important festival in rural Tamilnadu and Sittilingi is no exception. The anticipation starts a week ago when houses get renovated and fresh coat of lime wash applied on all the houses. Thulir children too were eagerly looking forward and we were all a little depressed at the thought […]