NEWS LETTER DECEMBER 2020

 


 


 


 



Alice Project News


 


Sarnath                                                                                                
Dear Friends

After a long gap

once again we are ready with the latest edition of the Alice Project News.

In our last

edition we shared the news about all the activities happened at Alice till

July. In

this edition we

will bring you further on the journey of Alice. 

These months, on one hand

were full of

different activities, events , achievements, trainings, new projects and

blessings

while other hand

some of our beloved ones left us , so it showed us the other phase of the

life which gives

and important lesson that nothing is permanent: Joy or sorrow both will

come and will go.

Activities

The

Independence Day celebration: India has three national festivals: the republic day,

independence day

and Gandhi Jayanti , which is also celebrated as International Day of

Non-Violence.  As every year, this year also the

Independence Day was celebrated at Alice

Project Schools. But the students

were missing; it was the first time that the celebration was

done without them.

The event was

celebrated peacefully with the teachers, members of the society and all the staff,

maintaining the social distancing and the norms of Covid. The principal hoisted

the flag and

addressed everyone about the importance of the day and importance of the

freedom in the human

life.  He said that real aim of human

life is to be free, free from all the sufferings which are caused by the

ignorance and attachment.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Teachers
of Sarnath and Bodhgaya Schools

Therefore one

should always understand this truth and keep in the mind that we have to be freeу

and keep thinking and making effort to get the ultimate freedom.

Alice

Project remembers Mahatma Gandhi on his birthday: This year Mahatma was remembered by

all the members of the school and staff. Flowers were offered to the image of Gandhi and

we wished each other on the occasion.

Lal Bahadur

Shashtri Ji (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri     ) the second

prim minister of India ,who was born

near Varanasi, on the same day of Mahatama was also remembered on this day  with great honor.

 



The
examination center once again at Sarnath School

This year once

again, the Alice

Project- Sarvabhaumik

, Sikshsram Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya

got opportunity

to conduct the exam of Sampurnanad Sanskrit University of Benaras. This

year 250

students appeared in the exams in both the meetings.  Since 2004 the school in

Sarnath and 2008

the school in Bodhgaya got its affiliation form the Sampuranand Sanskrit

Vishwavidyalaya,

Benaras and since 2010 every year both of our schools have been selected

as examination

center. It is a great achievement for an institution. Till now Alice Project

Schools have been

thrice awarded by the University for its Work in the field of Education and

its research.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Sanskrit
students at the gate and during the exams.


On this
occasion we here dedicate the text of the third award from SSVV, Benaras

“We wish to confer

and honour the researchers from Alice Project - Universal Education School in Sarnath (Uttar

Pradesh), Bodhagaya (Bihar ), Devan ( Arunachal Pradesh) India, as well as

several countries around the world. We wish to

acknowledge the value of long, unique and successful search during over thirty

years, for a new educational model capable of integrating the school curriculum

with

secular ethics based on a proper vision of reality ( beyond dualism- Maya).

Alice's pedagogy not only confirm the truth of the advaita philosophy,

proffessed in India for millennia, but connects it with the most modern

discoveries of transpersonal psychology, quantum physics and neuroscience. Alice's work allows

us to open ourselves to a future free from materialism and nihilism that have infected

the planet and young generation so heavily.

Date - 25.08.2018

Prof. Rajaram

Shukla Vice chancellor

Sampuranand
Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Benaras


 

First time

the examination at Sarnath School: On 18 October 2020 Alice Project School Sarnath successfully conducted one

more examination for the B.ED, M. Ed and PHD for the first time for the Students of Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi.

(Central Sanskrit University,

formerly Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, is an institute located in New Delhi,

India, to promote Sanskrit.[1] Established in 1970, it functions under the

Ministry of Human Resources Development,

Government of India. It offers B.A., B.Ed., M.A., M.Ed., and Ph.D programs and offers a distance learning program in Sanskrit.)

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Sanskrit
students at the gate for the thermal scanning and Sanitization

Total 345

students of B. Ed, M.Ed and PHD appeared in the exams in both the sessions of

the day. A group of 52 teachers,

office staff and other workers did a great effort to make this

possible. As Alice

Project - Sarvabhaumik , Sikshsram Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya was the only

examination

center in whole Uttar Pradesh (the state). It was a great achievement for us.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


The
team of Management and the studnets during the exams


 

The investigators

from Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi, that were here for the

inspection were

extremely happy to see the facilities of the school and were surprised to

know that that we

the Alice Project- Sarvabhaumik , Sikshsram Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya,

has been thrice honored by the

Sampuranad Sanskrit University, Benaras for its effort in the

field of

Education and preservation of this ancient language and tradition. He at once

gave

his approval to

us for the examination center and today, we once again proved ourselves.

We dedicate

this success to all the sponsors, friends, supporters, well-wishers, and

everyone who is directly

or indirectly involved in the project and we express a special thanks to all the teachers and

working staff, as without them it won’t be possible.

 


Reopening
of the school in October:  After all these,
20 October was a day that could  not

be forgotten
today, the Sarnath School reopens after about 7 months of lockdown.

Respecting the rules of distancing,
use of masks, disinfection of hands, the students from

class IX to XII returned to class for
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meetings with

teachers. A Great excitement to meet again with classmates and teachers could easily be

seen over the faces of the students and teachers.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



Sanitization
and Thermal scanning of all the students before entry in the school

The director of the school Mr.

Valentino Sir, expressed his happiness and greeted everyone as follows: Greetings to the teachers who are tasked with helping students continue to

be ... normal. Good school, dear Alice students, together we will also win the

pandemic, with a smile on our lips and our hands to our hearts to say

"Namaste '" to the world. Even to Covid-19!

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Finally
the students are back in the classrooms

The school is

going smoothly and now, in December, the half yearly exams are going to be

started. All the necessary preparations are done.

Visit of

Lama Ven. Kyelsang La:  As last year

this year once again, we were fortunate to get the blessings of Lama during his one

month’s stay at our institution.  During

his stay, he performed retreat

and several pujas for the well-being of all the sentient beings and a special puja for

all the sponsors, teachers, students and every single member of the whole Alice Project

Family. We express our

deep gratitude to him for his generosity and kindness which he showed to everyone.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



File photo : Lama
addressing to the students of Alice Project during his last visit

Diwali

celebration and feast for all the teachers, residential students and the

staff:  We were extremely fortunate that the

whole Alice Project family could celebrate Diwali in the presence of this holy master, who not

only joined the celebration but also offered a feast to all the teachers, staff

and the residential staff.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


The Diwali
celebration

It was a very

pleasant moment for all of us to be with him. Every one enjoyed the event and

thanked to Lama.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Wonderful moment
together

Monk

Mohali:  In our last edition of Alice Project

news, we shared with you that some of

our chakma

students after leaving form here, got the monkship and became monks to

follow the

tradition of their community. In this series Mohali Chakma the boy artist who

managed to convey

unique sensations with his paintings inspired by the beauty of the

magical environment of Arunachal

Pradesh, decided to follow the path of Dharma.

It was a

pleasant message for all of us.  Now he

has become another type of art: that of knowing one's own mind, to control it

and, therefore, transcend it, then share the beauty of the new dimension with

others.

He was ordained a

monk of the Theravada tradition, together with two other fellow villagers, of

the same age. He lives in a Thai monastery, in Bodhgaya, where Alice runs a second school and where dozens of

chakma have studied in the past. Many of these former students have had (and are still doing) an experience of monastic life.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Photo: Mohali at
Alice and Mohali as a monk

Sanjay

Kumar completes his Master course in Yoga and Therapy:  Sanajy Kumar (in the middle, with two

beautiful chakma

ladies) whom we
call Sanjay Yoga,

has finally completed his master

course in Yoga
and therapy.  He

recently
returned from his college

with a shine in
his eyes and

happiness over
his face.


He shared the news of completion

of his course
with every one and

says that now
he is ready.  We

thought, he is
ready to teach, as a

yoga master.

But he made us surprised saying that he is ready to do the Doctorate course in

the field of Yoga. We wish all the very best for him and his future.

 


 


 


Achievements

Now we would

like to share with you about the achievements that Alice Project got in all these months:

 



The Manual in French :


We are pleased to inform you all that the book “
Universal

Ethics
for teachers and parents” which was unveiled by HH

the 14th Dalai lama in 2018. Then it
was translated in

Italian and was
printed by the famous printing Terra

Nuova. Now the book is translated in
French too. Soon we

will put it into
the printing process and it will be available

for our
readers.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


A new
Book on Alice Methodology:



We are happy to announce that we are working on a new
book on

Alice
Methodology.  Mr. Valentino shares his
joy about it as

follows:


 


A new book on
Alice's methodology and teaching The first volume


published by
Terra Nuova will follow. CHANGE OF PARADIGM for a new school that
teaches how to manage one's emotions through a change in the way of thinking, while
improving socialization, the relationship with oneself,
Nature, learning and academic success.


 

New

members in the Alice Team: Mr. Vinod Kumar Pal and Mr. Rajeev Bhardwaj two of

the most senior

teachers of Alice Project with a deep knowledge and experience in

management and accounts were added in

the management team with other members to support and run the projects

smoothly.  We wish all the best to them.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



(The team last year)                                               (The team now)

New FDs

for the school students and teachers: Recently in the month of December the administration

and management decided to renew the FDs of last year and make a new FD of 50

Lakh which can be fixed life time period for the teachers and students welfare.

Insurance

for all the teachers and staff: As last year this year once again we made the medical and accidental insurance for

the teachers and working staff to make them feel more protected and secure.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


A
meeting with the insurance agent Mr. Robin and the members of the society


 



Our
former students got Governmental jobs as teachers:

As we informed

you in the last Two ex-students of our school:

Miss. Sandeepa Pal and Miss. Shabnam

Bano got selected for the

Govt. Teacher

Job. They said they could not express themselves

how happy they have been for this.

They expressed their thanks to

Mr. Valentino, all the teachers and

everyone saying as follows:

“It is the

Alice Project that, finally we got our goal. Since beginning, when I was a

child I had a dream to become

a teacher and thanks to our teachers and the education that we got at Alice School, today

we succeeded. I will never forget the teachings that I got here and will share

what I have learned with my students. “

 


New Road
for School and new land:


This year in
summer we solved a major problem that we have been facing since many years. It was
challenge for us to have a proper road in all these years. But this year we
solved this major issue also. And we could purchase a new piece of land and a
road directly to our

compound was
made at once.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



A
view of the new gate that enters the school


 



Trainings and
New Projects:

Teachers

training on teaching method, special program and Yoga, at Bodhgaya and Sarnath

Schools:

The month of

October and November were the months of trainings, revisions, and self-

preparation for

the students and teachers. In this series, a teacher training for two weeks

was organized at

the Sarnath School and Bodhgaya School. 

In these trainings senior

teachers (Mr.

Rajeev Bhardwaj, Mr. Arun Kumar Shukla, Mohan lal, Mr. Sanjay Kumar) ,

who are our

experts and have long experience of teaching subjects, special program and

Yoga, revised

and introduced the method with new teachers of primary classes.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Teachers
during the Yoga lessons and practical demonstration of how to teach math

The teachers

training also had a practical part of Karma Yoga, where everyone joined in

cleaning ,

watering, and maintaining the school compound, the campus, classroom and the

garden.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Teachers
during the Karma Yoga

It was very nice

to see the teachers attending these training with keen interest and

enthusiasm. They said that it was

very nice to have this chance to make a revision and learn

new concepts.

Gayatri

Mantra Chanting retreat: The Gayatri Mantra is a sacred chant that demonstrates

the

unity that

underlies manifoldness in creation. It is through the recognition of this unity

that we can

understand the

multiplicity. (https://www.sathyasai.org/devotional/gayatri)

From 27th of
November, we proposed the teachers to chant the Gayatri Mantra for 125,000/-

times each.  Gayatri Mantra is a universal Mantra,very
effective for self - development and realization.
For the students and teachers it is believed to be one of the best mantras.

Therefore we
proposed it to the teachers.

Once the retreat

will complete, we will perform a fire-puja and dedication prayer for the well-being of

all the sentient beings.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Teachers while
chanting the Gayatri Mantra and Singing Bhajans


 



Mr. Valentino Training in
different places of Italy:

Mr. Valentino

after completing his retreat at VY center in Toulouse got some free time and he dedicated it

in making different trainings, conferences, and meetings.

Online

conference on Mindfulness Education: On July a group of students and teachers from the Sarnath

School participated in an online conference on mindfulness education which  was 

led  by  Mr. 

Nanni  Deambrogio,  promoter 

and  co-founder  of  the  first Mindufulness project in Italy. It was

the first initiative in Italy for the integration of the Eastern vision of

the mind and awareness with Western research. He is director of the Mindfulness

Project Center in Milan.  It was the

first time the Alice Project Schools had participated in such an interesting

workshop. All the students followed the experiment of international online communication

with keen interest and attention.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



Group
of students and teachers during the online meeting

On this occasion

the students shared their experience, explaining how Alice's methodology

has a

significant impact in their daily life and in their way of thinking and

interacting with

 


 


 


others, friends, families and the people of the village.
They reported that the Alice

Project not only
teaches them the normal school curriculum, but also how to stimulate deep

insights. Alice
helps to find a balance between the external and internal world. The two

worlds, in reality, are the
manifestation of the same source; the mind.

From today the
two Associations, Mindfulness and Alice Project, will work together to form

a group of
animators who will be responsible for managing a two-year training course for

future teachers
specialized in an educational proposal that combines correct cognition with

a path of identification ( Jung).

Epistemology  and 

Mindfulness.  Correct  way 

of  knowing  the 

phenomena  and  self-

realization path.

This new group was called "Mindfulness on Cognitive Intelligence".

Our internal training

(referring teachers for the two years of training) will be shorter from October 2020 to

July 2021.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Nanni Deambrogio
and Valentino


At each meeting
the issues of two / three modules will be addressed at a time.

The objective of

the ME Project is to train educators, teachers, pedagogics, etc. so that all minors and

students in the training and educational paths can receive an educational-

training approach

aimed at developing qualities / skills such as concentration, awareness /

presence,  empathy  and 

compassion,  able  to 

respond  to  the 

needs  of  personal 

and community inner

growth, for a Universal Ethics that can change the current educational paradigm. The

reality of Mindfulness Project and Alice Project put together their ten years experiences and

curricula, to allow each child / young person to develop these qualities / skills both

internally and directly in teaching and daily educational life

Training
at Centro Tara Cittamani

On 3 October 2020

the Centro Tara Cittamani had the opportunity to host Valentino

Giacomin, founder

of Alice Project-Universal Education School, the meeting was attended

by about twenty

people of different ages and backgrounds, from university students to

retirees, from

teacher to mom. The audience was particularly attentive and involved in the

presentation, it

can be said that there was a real relationship between the speaker and the

audience that led

to several questions and comparisons and a natural desire for further

study.

The director of

the Center Marco Parolin shares his experience as follows:  We are aware

that reducing

an educational path in three hours is reductive but we are equally sure that

they are

seeds that push

people to cultivate their own minds and the minds of their children / pupils /

grandchildren.

We warmly thank Valentino for his energy and we hope to have him again at our

Center.

FEED BACK AND

REFLECTIONS AFTER THE CONFERENCE : "A heartfelt thank you for

your presence. I am neither a school teacher nor a parent (...). I

consider fundamental awareness not

so much of the breath which remains a

technique, but the awareness of life. You started the

conference

quoting Santa Claus , to the magic / lie we teach, but how many more lies we

teach to

children and how many lies we adults believe or want to believe! We raise

children with Walt Disney

cartoons full of

loving animals and in reality animals are deprived of their freedom and then

killed

to be eaten in total

indifference.

In the video

you showed us you could see a child who could not sit still for a minute but it

is the

same situation

as many adults (who participate in meditation courses). Here, for me a

universal

education  includes 

all  these  aspects: 

animals,  food,  friends 

...  and  must 

lead  to  a 

radical

transformation.

I greet you

with a story (...). It tells of two lovers. After being in the desert (to

meditate on love) he goes to her, knocks on her door and hears "Who is

it?" He promptly replies "It's me" and the door stays closed.

The boy returns to the desert and this thing is repeated for years. Finally,

after several attempts, the question "Who is it?" the boy replies

"It's you" and the door opens. The understanding that there is no

separation leads to love.

A warm greeting














 


 


 

Training

at Madrid: Training was

organized at Madrid, where Mr. Valentino practically demonstrated the

methodology of the

Alice Project.
Mr. Valentino shares


the        experience       as       follows:


MAGNIFICENT
CHILDREN IN THE

LAND OF WONDERS:
Spanish children

at the training
course held by Valentino,

in 
Madrid.  They  learned 
and  taught

cooperating patiently with the
speaker

who wanted to
practically demonstrate

the methodology
of the Alice Project.

FEED BACK AFTER

THE TRAINING:  I felt and appreciated the

spontaneity and honesty that

shone through your lessons. A beautiful energy has been created between us

all. In fact, I also found

myself very well

with the people of the group, a varied group by age, by place, by experience,

by

training, but

all in harmony through a common thread that united the desires of curiosity,

sharing,

waking up and

learn.

Training

at Oremelle:  A two days training was organized at

Oremelle with catholic priest and special research group for using the Gospel’s

parables as spiritual therapy.

Meeting at

Zero Bronco: A meeting at Zero

Branco was also organized. Several people

gathered the

meeting and we started cooperation with neuroscientist. Another achievement

for us.

A new

Alice Project Italy and Nepal:   We would like to share that in Italy in a village near

Pomaia we are planning to open an

experimental School.  Here we are sharing

the beautiful

picture of the

place. Mr. Valentino, and his friends went to see the place and soon the work

will be started.

A project of a

school in Nepal is also going on. We call this project ‘Poor help poor.” There

is a school at

Nepal, which works for extremely poor and orphan children. They requested

us for

collaboration, which sound very interesting to us. As we too are poor

(financially,

especially after

the loss of our main sponsors.. ) and they too, but two poor can make

miracle.

We accepted the

proposal of sharing our methodology and way of teaching. We will help them for the

trainings, and other teaching and study materials.

People who

left us: As we mentioned

above, these months showed us both faces of life,

till now we

talked about our achievements now we talk about the people who left us in this

journey.

 



ONE OF
OUR GURUS LEFT US...

Ven. Swami Varishthanad, head of Ramakrishna Mission,

Varanasi a legendry example of selfless

service to humanity; who dedicated his life to the service of the Rama Krishna Mission Ashram and to the mankind.

We the ‘Alician’

are extremely lucky to get chance to meet him and to listen his talks. Often

he used to pay

a visit to our Sarnath School and was blessing the students and teachers both

with his

teachings about the life, ethics and morality, importance of the education in

human

life.

He used to say

that we all are the sons and daughters of the same Lord, therefore we all have

all the qualities

of that Lord within all of us. There is no difference between ATMAN (the

self) and the

PARMATMA (the Lord). It is only because of our ignorance we do not realize

this truth. Only

a right Master can show us the path to reach this state of realization. He

used to explain

this concept of ATMAN and PARMATMA with the famous story of. ‘

Lambert the

Lion’.

In his last visit

in April 2019, at Alice Project Universal Education during its silver jubilee

celebration as

chief guest of the event he said that "I myself am the witness and I have

seen this

institution in all these years and I

assure that this institution is successfully fulfilling its aim of

giving a chance

of better education to the children who did not get it." All the students,

teachers,

the staff, members of the management

team, the heads of all the departments, every single

member of our

Alice Project family paid our deep regards, and prayed for peace for the

Swami ji. It is a

great loss which can never be fulfilled. But in our memories Swami ji will

always be there

through his teachings and as a person and a living example of selfless service to the mankind.

Three of
our students left us:

This year took 3

of our students too from us: Kushal Maurya, Bindu Kumar and Satya

Ranjan Chakma.

Satya Ranjan Chakma and Bindu kumar had been our ex-students form

Bodhgaya School. They both were one

of the brilliant students with all the best qualities.

Bindu was a student of class 12th

this year while Satya Ranjan was a college going student. But their destiny was to leave us.

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


Bindu Kumar                        Kushal Maurya                Satya Ranjan Chakma

The third one

was Kushal Maurya a student who just had passed out class X. Mr. Valentino

writes about Kushal as follows:

ANOTHER STUDENT
KUSHAL LEFT US...

His name was

Kushal Mauryaтт..He was 16. He had just enrolled in the penultimate year of

high

school. He

should have been in school this morning if there hadn't been a lockdown because

of a

cursed virus

that's been paralysing India for six months. Six months of agony for a country

with a

population of

one billion and 400 million forced to close and block factories, schools,

hotels,

churches,

temples, monasteries, personal contacts, social relations... Kushal was with

some friends

visiting an

ancient temple, located 25 kilometers from Sarnath, the village where he lived.

After the

visit, he decides to take a bath and

swim in the river that flows near the temple. But the river

reserves a trap for him and drags him away from the shore. Attempts to

save him are futile. Remains

only the

desperation of his parents, his friends, his schoolmates, all those who loved

him. There are

many who love

him, because Kushal was a serious boy, mature, sensitive, without the drifts

typical

of modern

teenagers. He was also engaged in a path of spiritual self-realization proposed

by the

school. He regularly attended the weekends on ethics course morally and

materially supported by the

Dalai Lama. He

had learned that he had much to give to himself and others: a smile, a hug,

when

more could not

be done. And then to meditate: to take the suffering of others within himself

to

Photo: Puja in our

temples, and lights were offered at the main temple Bodhgaya for all these

students.

transform it

into a wonderful Light of love and peace. We, with our Masters, the Lamas, the pundits, the

Christian guides of our interfaith school, remind you of what you learned at

school: "Any vision

appears these days, in these weeks of transition, fear not! Everything is a

creation of your

consciousness. Recognize in those images, beautiful or fearful, the

manifestation of your divinity that will manifest himself for you with the

face of Shiva!”

We will not
leave you alone until you find peace by resting in the lap of your God!

The School

requested to the president of its society Mr. Tsewang Tenzin to arrange special

prayers in the

monasteries of south India, for these students who passed away.

 



FAREWELL
TO AN EXCELLENT TEACHER:


Mrs. Roopa
Maurya , a very skillful and talented primary school teacher with a very humble
and soft nature,
came to the school to say bye , bye to everyone at the Alice.

She informed to
the administration that she was very sorry and sad to inform that she will not be able to
come to work anymore. Actually her family's members are leaving to New Delhi, in another state, and she has
to be with them.

But she will keep sharing what she

has learned here at the Alice as a teacher in the schools there. As it was her dream to be a teacher and now

she has got the training and she can work

as a teacher anywhere.

The tears of joy

for a new future and sadness of leaving the Alice family both were seen on the face.  She 

thanked  everyone  for 

giving  her  a chance to be the part of Alice family.

She expressed
gratitude saying: "What I have

learnt and got here, will never get
anywhere!"

We wish her all
the best for her bright future.

It is a loss for
us to lose such a dedicated, skillful

and talented
teacher with so many good qualities

not only as a
teacher but as a person too.  But we














 


 


 

are happy for her

new journey.  We will accept her back at

our school, any time, with open arms and open heart.

Quote of

thanks  and Wishes for  Christmas:  

I Valentino Giacomin, would like to share a

few words with this newsletter… Year 2020 has been a terribly difficult

year for our schools, for

India and for the whole world. Unfortunately, the forecasts for the

future leave no room for

optimism.

In this critical situation I like to mention  and thanks from the bottom of my heart all

the

sponsors who helped our schools during the current financial year

(2019/2020):  Shining Hope,

So Hum foundation, Dalai Lama Trust, Buddhistickie Akademie,  Progetto Alice Universal

Education, Fritz Grohman, All the friends from Taiwan, Alessia Bulgari

,Vettori Keti , Trevisan

Claudio , Ghirardini Michela , Sarl Et Cie Sc , Bevilacqua Flavio ,

Tassinari Elisabetta , Dotta

Andrea ,  Marchesi Cristina ,

Francesco Silvestro La Rocca , Molinari Dolores Wendy ,

Durighetto Elena , Usellini Andrea , Occhionero Gianni , Immobiliare

Valsesiana , Maria

Valeria Selleri , Alice Project Belgio , Croci Greta , Croci Mario ,

Rottin Silvia . Porcellato

Marco , Vattolo Maria Rosaria , Gisella Barche , Stupa Onlus ,

Ecoprogress Srl , Romina Della

Ratta, Fabienne Davallou , Camilla Hulse , Chang Chinfan , Roberta

Acciari , Marina Bassi ,

Eva Campioni , Daniel Villalta Medina, Gianluca Bottero , Annick Petit,

Sonia Calza, Claudia

Revelli, Camilla  Previato (Anjali  Association), Luciano  Villa, 

Luciana  Usellini,  Michael

Mueller, Mauro De

Marchi, Gruppo Yoga Davide Cova, Amici Zero Branco.

I apologize if I missed some names. It’s always difficult to recall all

the friends, old and new,

who  help  our Educational  Research. 

With your support  we  were 

able  to  secure , this

year, teachers'   salaries,   despite  

the   fact   that students' fees   were  

reduced   to zero.

We  were  able 

to  pay pension  fund 

for  the  teachers 

and Insurance  for  all 

the  staff and

 


 


 


residents children,
routine expenses, and maintenance. We have also been able to set up a

      security
fund in the bank for the future of all those who have been working at our
school for years and receive salaries that are 1/5 of what is paid by the
Government to its employees. The fund
has been tied up for several years and the bank's interests will serve to
improve wages and address   the  
uncertainties   and   difficulties   that  
Covid   has   caused  
in   India. Thanks to the intuition about we called shared
responsibility; we were able to create a self-

sufficient staff that succeeded to manage the Covid crisis
independently, when the Government


asked       all         volunteers       to        leave        India        due        to        the                  epidemic.


I thank also to all the members and President of our Society who have
been able to live up to


their        task,       assuming      great       responsibilities,      without       personal               interests.

The Covid crisis was a test for the Indian staff. I think the test was

passed brilliantly.

We also thank all of you for giving us confidence in this new way of

running the schools.

For my part, I will continue, from afar, to give, discreetly, advice, but

leaving the staff

responsible                         for                          the                          final                                             decisions.


I thank
everyone once again and wish a Christmas of peace and hope.



-   Valentino Giacomin


 


 


 


 


 



We wish you a Merry Christmas and

                                a Happy New Year.!!