Nandu picked me up at 10am and we went to the office. Can’t really remember what I did in the morning; I went
on the internet for a bit and typed up some games for Friday’s camp at Wood rose. Nandu had been preparing all the equipment for the camp. I went to two meetings with Raj. One was to see the Oasis Trust members who were overseeing the camp that we were doing for them in May; one was to see People Pro, who we were doing the one day camps for more privileged kids.
1. Oasis Trust. Raj seems to have a good relationship with these guys and it seems that funding is scarce everywhere in India. In the UK, charities get a lot funding from the Government, whereas in India there is no Government funding at all. Raj managed to make an agreement of fundraising the same amount as the Oasis Trust would. Raj’s main struggle in finding funding from India itself. There is money here but it’s hard to get hold of it for these types of projects. Raj’s fai
th in God’s provision is enormous as there is great witness to his provision already, e.g. bike, offices, equipment. More support and funding needs to come from India though.
2. People Pro. From the meeting with People Pro, the issue of contacting Corporates seems to be prevalent. Jojo and Tanya have mentioned and discussed this as well as the guys from Oasis Trust.
I went to Commercial Street to look for a bed sheet. I went too late, everything was closing. I went into an expensive looking cotton shop. It looked like they were about to close, but they were still keen to sell me something. There
were loads of beautifully made, good quality bed sheets, wonderfully patterned and stitched (not that I know anything about textiles). When I asked how much, he said 4000 Rupee. Raj said the most expensive sheet I’d probably but would be about 1000 Rupee. Way to expensive! I knew they were trying to cheat me because straight away another salesman came along and gave me a 50% discount! Do they think I’m stupid? I left the shop even though they were still trying to sell me stuff.
on the internet for a bit and typed up some games for Friday’s camp at Wood rose. Nandu had been preparing all the equipment for the camp. I went to two meetings with Raj. One was to see the Oasis Trust members who were overseeing the camp that we were doing for them in May; one was to see People Pro, who we were doing the one day camps for more privileged kids.1. Oasis Trust. Raj seems to have a good relationship with these guys and it seems that funding is scarce everywhere in India. In the UK, charities get a lot funding from the Government, whereas in India there is no Government funding at all. Raj managed to make an agreement of fundraising the same amount as the Oasis Trust would. Raj’s main struggle in finding funding from India itself. There is money here but it’s hard to get hold of it for these types of projects. Raj’s fai
th in God’s provision is enormous as there is great witness to his provision already, e.g. bike, offices, equipment. More support and funding needs to come from India though.2. People Pro. From the meeting with People Pro, the issue of contacting Corporates seems to be prevalent. Jojo and Tanya have mentioned and discussed this as well as the guys from Oasis Trust.
I went to Commercial Street to look for a bed sheet. I went too late, everything was closing. I went into an expensive looking cotton shop. It looked like they were about to close, but they were still keen to sell me something. There
were loads of beautifully made, good quality bed sheets, wonderfully patterned and stitched (not that I know anything about textiles). When I asked how much, he said 4000 Rupee. Raj said the most expensive sheet I’d probably but would be about 1000 Rupee. Way to expensive! I knew they were trying to cheat me because straight away another salesman came along and gave me a 50% discount! Do they think I’m stupid? I left the shop even though they were still trying to sell me stuff.
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