Thought Oriented Actions

Every day has pages of story to tell, every action conveys the interest of the person, every face reflects millions of experiences.  Each moment of life is accompanied with millions of body movements which are directed by the stipulated thinking process. Thousands of foot step leads to a unit of length which makes a man to walk miles. Every face reflects thousands of experiences which deliver the melancholic end of an expression. Every day is unique and different from in its dimension moreover the day seems to be shorter due to busy (flow of million thoughts within a stipulated time) and extra large due to blockage of thought process due to stagnant emotions.

 The person who is at the starting point of a running race is directed by a single emotion, single thought and focused body movements which deliver the best outcome in the running race. The disintegration of the organized action may occur due to diversion of thoughts and over stress on the body movements. One can reach to the maximum only by withdrawing the mismatching thoughts and regulating the flow of action because the thoughts are delivered into action.

The over reaction to the emotions through down into depression which is unappealing to the normal way of behaviour. As long as one travel to the extremes of a thought, the intensity of unwanted thoughts frozen the active mind.

NB: Each images in this write up conveys a lot of expression, flow of thoughts, body movements, focused action, extremes of diversion of minds and an unanticipated outcome. Watch closely and know the movement…….

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

When the children from stone quarries started coming to Banyan Community School, 70% of children found under weight and low energy during school activities. The school management identified that it was because they were not having enough nutritious food from family. As the parent’s leaves for work early in the morning and returns to quarry at the sunset, the children’s nutritional needs are not properly taken care. The low earning capacity of parents also affected the three time meals of the family. Moreover the alcoholic habit of parents after the long hours of work in stone quarry left nothing behind for them to save for the next day. Therefore the children will not get sufficient food and later the child turns into malnourished. 

When we started the Banyan School project, we understood the need to provide nutritious supplements to children. The supply of nutrition powder improved the health of each child day by day and the outcome was monitored through monthly health check up. We have also experienced that more number of children are tend to be present on every Mondays because they are getting proper nutritious diet after two days of leave.  

During the initial monthly health check-ups at school, doctors diagnosed that there is huge numbers of children are malnourished. Now, we are proud to say that after the continuous nutritional support, all the children at Banyan Community School are free from malnourishment. We are maintaining a health chart for each child so that the growth and their needs are easily identified.

Lovedale Foundation focused to provide multidisciplinary approach to the children from vulnerable background. We are not only concentrating education but the holistic development of the children. Quarterly parents meetings and individual counselling programs are organized with the help of professionals and like-minded volunteers, and clarified the doubts of each parents and encourage them to continue their support in sending their children to school. 

Act on your thought

The realistic and unrealistic aspirations of a man can’t be calculated with the current measurable units. The hope and aspirations are two important aspects of every human being. Each individual is brought up with lots of hope and desires, few are partially and the rest is justifiable achieved, but the aspirations always grown with the person as he/she moves forward in the life journey.

The person with realistic and undefeatable power may fail to reach his/her hope due to lack of execution of thoughts or ideas with the current system. The anonymous capacities of each human being is explored at the peak point of defeat and the enthusiasm to executive the final thought needs a lot of energy.

People with a growth mindset believe that their intelligence, talents and abilities are not fixed at birth, but instead can be developed over time through hard work and dedication. The students at Banyan Community School have the capacity to reach to the maximum with the limited amenities provided 

When Gandhiji had a vision of a free India, he did not follow a step-by-step business plan. When Martin Luther King believed in a world with no discrimination, he did not stop his work because of the worry of financial sustainability. I would argue that if they did not combine great management with a huge, huge sense of possibility – with a gigantic leap of faith – with the belief that together with their people, they would get there – that they may never have.” 

Lovedale Foundation provides an opportunity to change the ground reality and to bring out the inspiring leadership of each child through a systematic give and take learning process.

If you are an idealistic, passionate, smart and tenacious person, who loves your society dearly and wants to be a part of finding a solution for the current situations and want to create a revolution, you can be part of Lovedale Foundation to fight against the poverty, illiteracy, malnourishment and exploitation of innocent lives. 

Contact us on info@lovedalefoundation.org

Under the Shades of Banyan Community School

   The concept of four walls, long verandas, timely intervals and play grounds will be an ever cherishing memory in the minds of anyone. The “Best Moments of life” quoted by many who are even at the edges of death loves to sip the school days for a moment. The stories of school life never end as long as the generations continues in the world. Each chair in the school has got a long story to tell the world, the stories of fun. Joy, anger, pain and friendship.  There were moments to run away from the school, skip the classes, copy the assignments of the friends, steal the book of friends, share the lunch with the best friends, and to imitate the class teacher, but none of us can act as the same with the fame we earned, the money we allocated, the status we build in the society.

               

  The children from Anagalpura village start experiencing the prescribed school life after the establishment of Banyan Community High School at Anagalpura, which is focused on providing quality education to the under privileged and orphans children. The origin of Banyan Community School made them realize the value of education, structured life style, systematic learning environment and holistic development of each child.

   The school makes necessary arrangements for a child to have a healthy and strong childhood through monthly health check up campaigns, 3 times meals such as morning snacks and nutrition drink, midday meal and evening snacks to make the child active throughout the day. Team Lovedale Foundation know the value of each bowl of rice provided to the children and the needy population at school. The smile over take the hunger of a child when he or she arrives at Banyan Community School, it looks after each and every child under the shades of Banyan.  There is no discrimination on the grounds of caste, creed, religion or race, all are equally valued and respected as the leaves of its branches. 

New thoughts for tomorrow

Wish You All a Happy New Year

   The year begins with lots of hopes, enthusiasm, and energy to do better in this New Year. The dreams are higher than the sky, and the aspirations are longer than a sea, and the thoughts are flying around the head like an eagle, looking for a new opportunity to explore and to choose a right path.

   A small reflection of the previous year convinces us that the life was so simple and happier but the thoughts were inappropriate, above one’s own capacity and unwanted. A new calendar does not change our thoughts attitude or behaviour but a new resolution or a new concept that derived from the reflection of the previous year can actually boost your life. It may be a simple thought, an inspirational personality, an incident, a word or an action by somebody could take you to the extremes of realities of life and make you a better person for the family and your society.

   Human minds always stuck with the actions done in the past either good or bad, but the memories hunt him/her for a longer duration till he finds another which is similar to it. It is because of the attachment one has towards the person, thing or an action.  Few people strive to forget things by doing extra ordinary things to cover the old memories and fill the short term memory with love, fun and joy. But for every action, there is a seen or hidden result which may not be noticed by us always.

You might have experienced few incidents like your old friends meet you after a long time, whom you may not even recognize easily, but they hold on your shoulder and say, “You had helped me at that day, at that situation”. I’m sure it must be the best moment you ever have in your life time.

   I would like to thank all the well wishers of Lovedale Foundation for your valuable time, space, contributions and concern for the under privileged children. I’m sure each one of you will have a moment of joy for the support rendered to us and the smiles you created in the faces of little kids at Banyan Community School. You might have forgot the day you visited Banyan Community School but the time you spent with them, the games you played with them, the things you taught them will be always fresh in their memory and to recall at any point of time to say ‘Thank You’ to all. Let this new year open the wings to achieve all your aspirations and dreams by the grace of Him.

Marching Forward

As we are in the process of setting back systems, policies and codes in place, a new team gears up taking up various roles and positions at LDF with fresher ideas, missions and goals to achieve; each day at LDF is packed with energy engaging with people and their dreams-for themselves as well as the organization. 

The thrill of adventure in the young and the bliss of achievement in others is something worth watching as the team grows filling up with professionals flowing in from diverse cultures and a diaspora of traditions. They say there is something magnetic about LDF that attracts people to work with us and I do stand to witness it and testify the same. 

As we carefully select the team to ensure that they are not just passionate in words yet also in action, I look forward to seeing a fuller team that will support one another and have the joy of working together in a place that looks forward to put back the smile in every child's face.

In the pic. Children from The Banyan smile with a new hope during a program that connects them to a part of the world that appreciates and accepts them better. Pic. courtesy: Ms. Jeny Verma.