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Saturday, February 27, 2016

New Science Teacher Enriches Andovar School! Introducing Dr.P. Rajamuni




Students Intently Listening to Dr. Rajamuni's lecture

We are pleased to announce the addition of a wonderful teacher to our Andovar School Faculty. Dr. P. Rajamuni has been teaching our students Science since the beginning of February. Dr. Rajamuni is from south India and has a PhD in Biotechnology from Madurai Kamaraj University. We are fortunate to have such an esteemed teacher to help our students excel in Science. 

Some of the topics he has introduced this month include: environmental science- including water, forest and wildlife conservation, combustion, evolution of the species, photonics, microscopic life and more!  Dr. Rajamuni finds the students attentive, with good interest and focus, and of course, sometimes playful and mischievous! He is enjoying his work so far.

India celebrates National Science Day on February 28th each year. Dr. Rajamuni guided the students to create science charts all month long. These are colorfully displayed in the classroom-see above.

Thanks to our wonderful school administrators, faculty, staff and donors like yourself our school is rising to provide an even higher level of education for our students. We hope you enjoyed this blog post. Please consider sharing it with friends. Our goal is to build a new school with science labs, library and computer rooms. We can't do it without your help. Thank you! Marie





Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Expansion and Repairs Underway at Andovar School in India




After the flooding in South India in October and November of last year, our school was left with significant damage and problems. Due to the generosity of our donors the process of repair and rebuilding is under way. Here is the photo of the top floor of one of our buildings right after the flooding.




Below is the current view of the same area now that repair work is underway. The mold from weeks of standing water has been cleaned. The brick walls have been repaired and strengthened. Wooden awnings have been installed on the outside of the lower floor windows and the metal roof for the top floor is ready to be installed.



Soon the students will be able to use their classrooms again. Currently they are in very cramped quarters while the repairs are underway.


 Many thanks to all of you who came to the aid of our students!