Childrens Day at Salaam Balaak Trust
In India, Children’s Day is celebrated on November 14, the birthday of the country’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru emphasized the importance of giving love and affection to children, who he saw as the bright future of India. All over the country, various cultural & social institutions hold festivities for children. Children’s Day is seen as a day for the kids...
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On August 7, 2012 OSM will travel to India in collaboration with L.I.B. International to run a sock monkey workshop for young women in a sewing centre in the slums of Delhi. They will be taught to make sock monkeys and other animals based on the same pattern. It’s our hope that this program will eventually turn from an educational exercise to an income generated co-op program. The...
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