A three-month-old baby admitted to TCV in 1973

Back in 1973 we were quite alarmed as well as taken aback to see a three months old baby brought from Bhandara to get admission in TCV. Probably he could be the smallest kid ever to be admitted to the school. Unlike other schools TCV as we always say is “A Home Away from Home” and we truly feel the warmth and love of a family. He was brought from Bhandara Tibetan settlement when his mother drowned in the river close to the Settlement. It was impossible for his father to look after him. TCV was no doubt very happy to have a new family member wrapped in a warm blanket. Tashi Phuntsok was kept in our baby room and started crawling happily with the other babies. Learning to walk, run and jump he grew up very strong and healthy. In the absence of his biological mother, TCV made sure that he didn’t feel the pain and pang of the separation from his family. He found a family far more caring and multitudinous, who are like his brothers and sisters. Home mothers and aunts are like his real family. Among many other students, he has a very close connection with his home mother Choela who is now retired and lives in our retirement quarter. This is the second time Tashi requested me to hand over the money he sent through Western Union. He doesn’t want his home mother to disappear and drown like his own mother. 

Although Tashi, like many of our ex-students, did not wear the graduation gown and caps on the completion of class X and XII he walked past our gate with a strong imprint of life’s lesson to be grateful and helpful. He is strong and always feels grateful to his family TCV. Today he works as security personnel and with strong imprints from SEE learning which of course was not christened by then but the philosophy of SEE learning was there as part of our everyday learning. He is helpful, strong, and approachable. Whenever he visits India he makes sure to meet his home mother and takes her on a pilgrimage and takes care of her. He recollects his days when he was a baby and visits our baby room and spends the entire day with them.

“Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.” ― Paulo Coelho, Author of The Alchemist
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“UN chief cites ‘demonstrable effort’ at peace in Ethiopia”

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general said Wednesday he was delighted to hear “there is now a demonstrable effort to make peace” in Ethiopia after more than 14 months of war, but he gave no details.

 

Antonio Guterres’ statement came after a call with African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo following the envoy’s latest visit to Addis Ababa and the capital of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region.

 

Guterres said Obasanjo “expressed optimism that there is now a real opportunity for political and diplomatic resolution of the conflict.” His statement did not describe efforts by Ethiopia’s government and the rival Tigray forces….

 

Ethiopia’s war has killed an estimated tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. The United States says some 900,000 people in Tigray, which has been under an Ethiopian government blockade since late June, face famine conditions. The World Health Organization says medical supplies have not been allowed into the region of some 6 million people.

 

Despite his mention of optimism, the U.N. chief also warned that “ongoing military operations in some parts of Ethiopia remain a challenge to the peace process and sour the confidence-building measures that we hope are being taken by all parties in the conflict.”

Hope you all had a fantastic start to 2022 :) My family and I rang the new year in Florida as per our family tradition. Indeed Pepi there’s lots happening in the world right now. In fact, as you likely heard on the news, Canada is going through a very unique experience at the moment.

Thank you for all the updates Frank. The website looks great and I’m glad to hear that the KES project is advancing so well. It lines up well with the area of focus of Education Support.

Hope you’re all keeping well.

Paula