English training

More good news to share, people!

We seem to be making great progess day after day on our Life on Wheels project. The deal with Etasha Society (I posted on that last week - Etasha Society will be conducting English lessons for the rikshaw pullers) is on and we had the first trial class this week. Ian sir (I mean, Ian) was fabulous. The response we got from the rikshaw pullers was absolutely overwhelming. SIFE did have its doubts on how enthusiastic they were going to be about the whole English programme, and if they'd attend regularly and participate in class, but the first class went just so well that we don't have any doubts anymore. SIFE is helping the rikshaw pullers learn English, but more importantly the rikshaw pullers are helping themselves.

As of today, 16 rikshaw pullers can say
-Hi
-What is your name?
-My name is __________
-Pleased to meet you.
-Pleased to meet you too.
-Where do you live?
-I live in______________ but i belong to______________.

Wow, right? Can you imagine a rikshaw puller saying to you, "Hi. Where would you like to go?" - with a British accent, because Ian (sir) is their guru-ji !

On an official note - the classes will formally begin the first week of September, so you can expect more fun updates on this blog on how the lessons work out.

In the meanwhile, the account opening and loan sanctioning process is happening side by side. SIFE members are busy filling up forms and submitting them in the banks. Remember guys - 100 rikshaws, 28 days to go.

We seek. We create. We strive. We change.

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