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Emma and Simon’s visit to Lula Bari

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Our friend Emma Christmas has visited us at shuktara a couple of times. On both her visits she has made sure that her priority is to spend time with the girls. On Wednesday 22nd March she came with Simon her partner.

They brought lots of things from London and had a great afternoon on this short stopover visit. Emma did a makeup session with the girls. They also brought balloons and cut and paste people to play with. It was a wonderful afternoon and we were all happy to see Emma again. The girls especially love her.

shuktara home for girls with disabilities - 2017 March - Moni sitting

Moni

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shuktara home for girls with disabilities - 2017 March - Moni sitting

Moni does not feature often in our photos from Lula Bari girls home. She is sometimes very shy, emotional or unconfident about her looks.

I think she is beautiful and am happy to know she is safe and loved and cared for at @shuktara_homes #kolkata#myshuktara #LulaBari

(from @davidearp Instagram)

judithharris1 What an incredible and beautiful photo David. I always remember her cuddling up to me during my visit.

calirand Beautiful Moni @davidearp xx

thestitchlouse ah -i’m glad she peeped out from behind her gauze ✨

poppyandsebastian She is beautiful!

mckenzie_julia Gorgeous girl xx

janiswilkins❤️❤️❤️

helenachristensen You are so pretty and have the loveliest dress and best haircut Moni ❤️?? @davidearp

lisaborgnesgiramonti Moni, you stole my heart when I met you! You are radiantly beautiful! Sending you lots of hugs and kisses ???

tarpie11???❤???

gremkoska Beautiful sweet girl. Reminds me of the Roald Dahl quote: A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. Xx

downtowndonna??????

thehippyworeprada?????

hensleejimmie Great beauty is often found inside those who must bear outward strife. Her soul is radiant. ???????????

sulaclothing Beautiful

animalpeoplealliance?

nikicloth??beauty

incurably_curious Moni you are beautiful and you are loved ?

ringmyjbelle⭐

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shuktara home for disabled girls - 2017 March - Prity gets her Aadhar card

Prity and Moni get their Aadhaar cards

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The young people that come to shuktara abandoned, lost or having run away from their families come to us with no paperwork. Often the term "unknown boy" or "unknown girl" is used by the Police, Hospitals or Government agencies dealing with lost children.

The first thing we do at shuktara is give them a name, by enabling them to choose or if they are non verbal showing them signs for different names. They have no birth certificate, no known date of birth, no name and no known place from where they have come apart from having been found alone on the streets.

The Aadhaar card is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. Yesterday Pappu (the chairman of shuktara) along with a team of our staff took the girls who do not have this ID to REACH school where they took digital fingerprints of all 10 fingers and eye retina pattern as well as a photo of the individual.

Yesterday Moni and Prity completed this work and Puja along with Guria will be done next after we enrol them in REACH school where most of our young people have attended either in their Cerebral Palsy, Special Education or Deaf Units.

It is a great achievement as we celebrate International Womens Day 2017 in the knowledge that all the girls and young women who live at Lula Bari our girls home here in Kolkata will have a name, an identity and a home for life. #IWD2017

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More photos from Saraswati Puja

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All photos by Sarah Annay Photography / Vision For Empowerment

shuktara home for disabled girls - 2016 December - Puja, Lali, Guria and Muniya

A Lula Bari Christmas

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This time of the year always means jumpers and bright shiny Christmas decorations.

In Kolkata everyone celebrates every holiday with equal enthusiasm. These photos were taken at Lula Bari, the girls' home, during the Christmas season.

shuktara home for girls - Diwali 2016 - Ipshita, Moni and Lali

Diwali at Lula Bari with Sunnie

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Celebrating Diwali with the girls at Lula Bari yesterday!
Masks, photos and so much love from Sunnie Niklaus

All photos by Sunnie Niklaus
shuktara home for disabled girls - 2016 September - Tamina with floral headband

Choice Support visits shuktara

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Choice Support is a leading social care charity providing services to people with a wide range of support needs throughout much of England. Last week Steven Rose, Chief Executive of Choice Support, and his partner Tracy visited shuktara.

Choice Support has been giving support to shuktara since the beginning of 2016. They were moved by the story of Guria, who was found abandoned on the street but seems to have found the secret to happiness as she is always smiling brightly. This was a wonderful chance for Steven and Tracy to meet Guria and see what her life is like now.

They brought nail varnish and flower headbands for all of the girls which was a good way to get to know the girls. The girls were delighted to have their nails done and wear the headbands, as you can see in the photos.

Thank you Choice Support!

shuktara home for disabled girls - 2016 July - Moni stitching and smiling

Embroidery class brings smiles

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The stitching and embroidery class continues at Lula Bari, supervised by the girls home tutor, Nandita.

We love watching Guria in her standing frame, working independently. Her concentration is amazing - she is so determined, proud of her work and very happy to be participating in this group activity.