An average of 50 children attended the Shelter per day this week. Our field workers conducted field work in the slum area on a regular basis. Shankar visited the Homes of some of the slum children attending the Shelter and conversed with their family members.
Lavino attended the Shelter In-charge meeting held at Scan India.
Glory conducted the ‘Community Health Workers Training’ at House of Norma (children’s hospice) Lavino and Shankar attended and benefited from the programme.
A Mock fire Drill was conducted and around 60 children and 5 staff participated in the fire drill.

Two Community Health workers named Celsa D’souza & Pooja Sanverdekar have joined us this month. They will be working along with us and spreading Health Awareness to the people staying in the slum areas.
Samuel & Mohan have joined us at the Shelter as residential staff and will be working with us as a field worker. Shankar explained and assisted them in their work.

A Volunteer named Lisanne Hillen has joined us at the Shelter. She assisted us in teaching the children basic education and other recreational activities.
Mr. Sundaram & Mrs. Valli who were referred by Stephen visited and donated Rs. 2,000/- towards sponsoring a girl child. They also took some photos along with the children.

Parent & Staff meeting was conducted for the month of August 2010. Various crucial issues were discussed with the parents. It was conversed that the parents need to monitor their children’s School uniform and its cleanliness.

The Don Bosco School children answered their 1st Term exam this month. The staff assisted them with their syllabus and helped them to prepare well for their exams. They also brought to show few of their test papers that they received from school. Shannappa and Altaf who are studying in the 6th Grade are competing with their similar scores obtained. Among the 5th Grade, Shaipu, Raju and Sahil have scored very well. All the children have done considerably well for their exams. We are very proud of these shining stars.
During leisure time small children spent their time drawing & colouring.

Little Acorns celebrated India’s 63rd Independence Day in a Special way. A Dance Competition was held on the 14th August and about 16 children from the Shelter and slum school participated in the contest. A total of 70 children were present for the programme including some of the children’s parents who came for the event. Everyone had a great time which was full of entertainment and brilliant performances put forth by our young stars.
                      
A special ‘Thank you’ to Siddhi Naik, the HR Executive and the teachers of the Don Bosco School who graced the occasion and volunteered to be the Judge for the competition. The entire programme was sponsored by Lavino, Joanna and Shankar. The 1st prize was won by Nikita while the second and the third prizes were taken away by Sadam & Sujata respectively. All the participants received a consolation prize for participating. The children were told that it was not about ‘winning’ or ‘losing’ that really mattered the most but the joy in ‘taking part’. The children were enlightened with few words of wisdom!                         

A follow up on Lino was done. Lino has undergone a 10 day injection course and the doctors will let us know about his future treatment. Lino is discharged from the hospital after conducting a number of tests. Lino’s haemoglobin is quite low and the doctors have advised his parents to keep a continuous check on his health and diet. Lino’s mother has to visit Apollo Hospital and produce the required ‘medical documents’ from the GMC hospital for her next appointment at the Apollo hospital. Lino’ health is fine.