Tag: Tamina

Young woman with dark hair and sunglasses looking out at a body of water

Lula Bari goes to the Sundarbans

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6th and 7th January 2025

Lula Bari Trip to the Sunderbans

Thanks to the generosity of one of our friends.

girls on a boat
Moni, Guria and Prity on the boat
eating outside in a field on a blanket
Eating al fresco
Three young women with disabilities on a cart
Puja Basak, Moni and Prity
young disabled woman with holding the arm of the person next to her
Pappu and Puja Basak
Two young women outside a vehicle and another young woman smiling inside the vehicle
Tamina, Prity and Muniya
woman in sari on cart with several young women
Visiting the Crocodile Project
woman holding on to a cart with other women on the cart near a small house with green doors
Transportation in the Sundarbans
Young woman in floral dress smiling
Prity on the boat
Women in saris and young women on a boat
On the boat with Tamina
Three young women with the jungle behind them
Guria, Lali and Prity
On the boat
“Khub bhalo lagchhe!”

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Adam and his family visit shuktara

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Adam Thompson, Chairman of Shuktara Trust UK, along with his wife Kate and their two children spent last weekend (19th and 20th October) in Kolkata seeing Pappu and spending time between Anna Bari and Lula Bari. Below are photos from their visit.

Older man, younger man and male teenager standing on a roof looking at the camera and smiling
Adam and Pappu
at Anna Bari
Young Indian woman smiling wearing a pink long sleeved shirt and green leggings with visitors - two young people and their mother sitting on a couch
Muniya with Adam’s wife Kate and their two children at Lula Bari
Man and two disabled girls in a house with pink walls
Tamina, Pappu and Moni
Two disabled young woman smiling and standing in front of a red door and pink wall - posing for a camera
Tamina and Lali
young disabled woman sitting on a parked motorcycle smiling for the camera
Tamina on Pappu’s Enfield
Young Indian woman sitting with two British women (child and mother) talking
Muniya with Adam’s wife Kate
Young disabled woman wearing a yellow shirt smiling for the camera
Guria
Young girl sitting with two disabled women
(L-R) Lali, Adam’s child and Muniya
Young disabled woman in a yellow shirt in front of an open window
Lali
Young disabled woman sitting on a motorbike making signs
Tamina
Two disabled young women smiling for the camera
Puja Bagh and Lali
Women standing or sitting next to a marble shelf
Adam’s child, his wife Kate and Muniya (Lali is in doorway)
two young women smiling

Lula Bari this month

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Earlier in March we celebrated Lali’s birthday with a delicious cake. We thought you might also like to see more of the latest photos from our girls home, Lula Bari. To learn more about any of the young women living in Lula Bari please go to our Shuktara Family page. Clicking on any person’s photo will take you to a short bio and photo gallery.

Lali cuts her birthday cake
Prity, Moni and Puja Basak
Guria, always smiling!
Prity
Puja Basak, Moni and Guria
Moni looking pensive
Muniya always looks great
Moni and Guria
Puja Basak, our most recent arrival
Tamina
Tamina and Guria share a giggle
Moni
girls playing with colours on Holi

Shubho Dol Purnima

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Dolyatra is celebrated in March on varying dates each year, depending on the position of the moon, and this year it fell on March 7. The holiday is similar to Holi and commemorates the last festival of the Bengali calendar.

Pappu and Bapi
Prity
Lali, Prity and Moni
Puja Bagh
Muniya, Pappu and girls at Lula Bari
Muniya
Sunil, Sumon and Bappa
Puja Basak
Bappa, Sunil, Sumon, Bablu, Bapi
Lali and Puja Bagh
Bappa, Sunil, Sumon and Bablu
Guria and Tamina
Pappu at Lula Bari
Puja Bagh
Lali, Pappu at Lula Bari
young woman crossing ribbon first in running race

Sports Day 2023

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Sports Day for REACH students was held on Sunday, 19 February.

In the running race Tamina came 1st (!) and Lali came 3rd.

Puja was awarded first prize in the austism running group but she is unable to have the medal around her head or stand on podium.

Bappa and Sumon were pushed in the wheelchair race and both received prizes.

Moni chose not to participate and sat to watch.

Puja Bagh
Lali and Tamina with classmate
Sumon
Tamina and Lali are winners
Bappa
Tamina won first prize!
Tamina crosses the finish line first to win 1st prize in the running race!