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Fresh water from a new friend

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Sanjib Shaw has been a longtime supporter of shuktara, bringing food supplies every month when he visits. Recently he brought his friend Dhiman Chowdhury who following Sanjib's example promised a delivery of fresh drinking water every week from the company he works for, Nirvana Pure Water.

True to his word the first water delivery for both homes arrived on 20th November. Thank you Dhiman!

shuktara homes for young people with disabilities - 2017 - 1st July, 18th anniversary of shuktara - Sunil, Pappu and Anna

18th Anniversary of shuktara

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shuktara started on 1st July 1999 so yesterday we celebrated our 18th anniversary! Sunil and Anna were the very first young people to come to shuktara on this day.

Today shuktara has two homes where 23 young people live as a family. The original idea was to give young people with disabilities a real home, somewhere they could feel safe and know was their forever home.

Just look at Anna’s smile because that says more than we could ever express in words.
#shuktarasmiles #myshuktara #shuktaramiracle

shuktara home for disabled young adults - 2016 November - Ramesh

A second visit to shuktara

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What brings people to Kolkata for a second time? We're sure it has something to do with shuktara.

David Motion and Vera Hegarty, both longtime supporters of shuktara, visited our homes again just last week. He took all of these great photos - thank you, and we look forward to your third visit!

shuktara home for young adults with disability - Ashok and Sanjib

Sanjib’s birthday at shuktara

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September 23rd was Sanjib Shaw's birthday and he decided to share his day with the young people at shuktara.

He brought chicken, Indian sweets, chocolate and cakes as well as one sack of rice!

Pappu Mishra (chairman of shuktara) is really happy when local people develop an interest in shuktara.
Sanjib heard about us when he started visiting our locality.

So we say thank you and Janamdin Mubarek (Happy Birthday) to Sanjib!

Colours of Holi

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Happy Holi!

According to Wikipedia:
"Holi (होली) is a colourful and happy Hindu holiday celebrated primarily in India on the last full moon of the lunar month of Phalguna at the end of the winter season. It falls in either late February or early March. It is also known as the Festival of Colours."

At shuktara Holi has a long history - every year everyone at shuktara throws coloured powder and liquid colour in bright, vibrant hues at each other, the staff and friends who come by. For days afterward the colour is still visible on faces, hands, and clothes as it slowly fades. Holi is a wonderful holiday, one that everyone participates in and completely enjoys.

shuktara - Anna, December 2015

Shree Khushi

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shuktara - Anna, December 2015If you’ve never met Anna this will just look like the photo of a young Indian man.

If you’ve met Anna you will know how lovely it is to see Anna smile. We sometimes call him “Shree Khushi” which roughly translates to “Mr. Happy”. Anna needs to feel that his home is stable – the more comfortable he feels, the happier he gets.

To understand why Anna’s happiness, safety and security is so important to us, please read his story here – http://shuktara.org/anna-das/