Wednesday, June 9, 2010

BOLLYMADRID 2010

For the third consecutive year, we were part of the Bollymadrid Indian culture festival with an information stand and the A-K store. The setting was the Lavapiés borough, and the festival went on for three intense days. There was a great flow of visitors, except at the hottest times of day.

Many volunteers, who made this gathering possible with their vitality and with the wide array of activities they carried out for both children and adults, came to our yearly meeting from different spots of Spain.


Children, our driving force, had fun at the face-painting, story-telling and dance workshops.

The adults we wish to reach and to whom we would like to convey our excitement with our new Projects, participated in a TRUE-FALSE informative game, were informed of all that has been going on at Asha-Kiran lately, and came close to Indian culture through all the handicrafts at the A-K store and the Bollywood dances performed on our behalf by Chand Taari Group.

We had a new campaign this year with the motto: "IT’S A LIE – streets are not the best learning ground".

We seek sponsors; people like you, who are willing to back our Projects and the children in Pune who long for a worthy life, a better life.

We gave something valuable of ourselves this weekend – our time, our vitality, our hope.

We give our thanks to each one of you from the heart.