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July 19 @operationshanti #hope #🙏🏼 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRonzs8jJMP/?utm_medium=tumblr

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June 18 Food distribution - 100+ meals given, along with some clothing, masks, and towels. Thank you again for your donations. Prices in Mysore for basic goods continue to increase, so your support is coming at the right time. Petrol (gasoline) hit 100 rps per liter (or $5.25 per gallon) in Mysore, an all-time high that is increasing the prices of other basics, like food. Covid case counts have been consistently lower than 1,000 in Mysore, which is a good sign. Check out our next post on Joseph, who now has a real home! 🙏🏽 #operationshanti #food #hope #love #covid-19 #getvaccinated (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRoPVHIIQu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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June 17 We scored a batch of appointments at one of the hospitals offering Covid-19 vaccinations and managed to vaccinate 50+ of our older kids (18+) and Covid volunteer staff and a number of poor people living in slums who do not have proper identification. Second shot will be in 12 weeks. It's a strange situation in India, with a few large private hospitals securing vaccine doses that they can then charge the public for, and the other vaccines being allotted to government hospitals. The only way, still, to get an appointment is to sign up on a website or an app, and one must have identification. Many destitute cannot get vaccinated because they don't have Internet access or proper identification. Also very difficult is convincing the poor to get vaccinated. We weren't able to bring along several of our kids' parents because rumors are spreading about how dangerous the vaccinations are. But we managed to convince a few of them. Lots of politicians are "guaranteeing" a 100% vaccination rate by year-end in Mysore and India overall. Given the prevailing attitudes and fears among the poor that we talked to, that'll be very tough to achieve. Next, we are attempting to vaccinate some of our homeless and others we know who are living in tents in our area who have no form of identification. Here's Pavan, who with Prajwal and Surya and four of our older girls (Prema, Mamatha, Divya, and Vijayalakshmi), are staying in their college dorms now and happily came to get their vaccinations. 💉😉 🙏🏽 (at Mysore, Karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQR6K7rIvcQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Covid cases in India have declined dramatically and schools have opened for in-person classes for 5th to 12th grades, as well as colleges. So, we sent our kids to school this past week 😷 and they're busy catching up. The 10th grade public exam usually held in March ever year has been rescheduled to June, so our 10th graders have time to prepare. Here's one of our nine 10th graders, Jyothi. We met Jyothi in 2005, when she was born. She was homeless until she came to our home in 2008. She's now a solid student in 10th grade and has grown up nicely! Support our 10th graders during their big year --> www.operation-shanti.org @operationshanti #backtoschool #charity #kids #kidsofinstagram #educationmatters #love #hope #india (at Mysore, Karnataka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLTSYTjvTo/?igshid=117m9vpapk8is

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Final resting place, at the cave. GBY. https://www.instagram.com/p/CF5ClfFj62M/?igshid=aih7dbmytf4m

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Thank you #RBG from all women and girls everywhere for what you did for us. ❤️ Rest peacefully. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFS_o0NjQWH/?igshid=1lqaruz9uic9k

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We are hoping 🤦🏻‍♀️🤞🏻🤷🏽‍♀️ that schools in Mysore aren't forced to open for in-person classes on Sept 21/Oct 1 and that kids won't be forced to attend. So far, online classes are working pretty well for our kids. One of the schools we send our kids to stopped their online sessions for 9th and 10th grades and told all of the parents that it is required that the kids go to school (it is not), so we started an online curriculum for these students. So far, so good with Zoom and Teams and tablets! Crowded classrooms, crowded buses, joint family living conditions, many in the public already not following guidelines, hockey stick infection pattern --> a disastrous environment for opening schools. a good read --> https://starofmysore.com/re-opening-schools-an-unwise-move/ @operationshanti #charity #education #teachers #safetyfirst #creativity #creative #kids #india #mysore #hope #love https://www.instagram.com/p/CFS2WDKDSSB/?igshid=1qq27d9z66m0j

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a few more #photographs by the #kids on light and shadow and uses of wood. @operationshanti #photography #creativekids #hope #staysafe #india https://www.instagram.com/p/CE5adQRDSGw/?igshid=1c60jg52hsej

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Thank you to @theyogashalarowell_sg ! The kids miss you guys! @operationshanti #love #yoga #singapore #hope https://www.instagram.com/p/CEW8vnODqHy/?igshid=1e018w41okdg5

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Samples of the kids photos... @operationshanti #photography #photosbykids #kidsphotography #creativity #bugs #framing #hope #artsy #charity #staysafe https://www.instagram.com/p/CECCyB2DozU/?igshid=1h80qhb2f9ud9

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Today was a #photography class reunion with the kids and @pattystrulovic — over zoom!!! A couple of years ago, Patty taught the kids the basics of taking pictures and today they resumed the lessons. The kids have their first assignment for next week ... let’s see what they come up with! Thanks Patty all the way in #panama for connecting to @operationshanti in #mysore ! Stay safe everyone. #lovewins #hopeful #images #kidsphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CDXTfeZjeki/?igshid=fst6rnafmc03

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Just a sampling from the kids’ recent photo adventures. The theme last week was “different uses of metal/steel” — such variety in the ideas, huh? 📷 The kids really enjoy taking photographs. @operationshanti #charity #education #photography #creativity #creative #kids #india #mysore #hope #love https://www.instagram.com/p/CDIS-EeDCg2/?igshid=19xkktcaqcsej

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New Flash! Our two 12th (PUC 2) graders got their public exam scores this past week, and they did very very well - both scored in the First Class ranking for the state of Karnataka. Yay! Divya and Vijayalakshmi are officially finished with high school and are on their way to university, when school starts again (date unknown). Divya, who has been living with us since 2008 (!!!), is interested in pursuing her business degree. Vijayalakshmi, who came to Karunya Mane in early 2009, wants to become a first-responder EMT, an admirable career choice. Both girls are from destitute, single-parent backgrounds and have done very well for themselves while at our home. Thanks to all of the positive adult influences over the years, and let's hope that they (and all students) are able to continue their educations soon. @operationshanti #charity #education #businessdegree #hope #school #kids #india #mysore #staysafe https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyWdAFjG93/?igshid=y5skb810a9l6

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A couple of years ago, the kids had the chance to take photography lessons from a great teacher, @pattystrulovic and they loved the experience behind the camera and learned a lot. This past week, we built into their daily schedule three weekly photography periods for the kids, when they can take photos within our compound on various themes. This week’s theme was “what does the lockdown and coronavirus mean to me?” Then they upload the photos to our Google Drive and critique them. Here are a few samples of what they did this week… not bad? Any theme suggestions for next week? @operationshanti #charity #photography #kidsphotography #cameras #creativity #love #pandemic #hope #wearamask #apartbuttogether #togetherwearestronger #mysore #india #staysafe https://www.instagram.com/p/CCvvta7jLvN/?igshid=1agpeqmbupwca

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News Flash! The 10th grade CBSE exam scores came out today and our kid, Surya, did very very well. He was #1 ranked in his class at school (yay!) and in the first class for the national exam, and we’re all very proud of him. Remember Surya back in the mid-2000s, when we met him? He’s always been a curious kid, even when playing on the streets of Mysore while his mom begged, back then. Now, Surya is a top student and excellent young man, and has solid ambitions for his life. Mom is also doing much better and has always cared about Surya and his two younger siblings, all of whom have been with us at our home for years. Surya has already started his online coursework for his new PUC (11th and 12th grade) courses at one of the best engineering schools in Mysore, and is working hard. Huge congratulations to Surya, and thank you to all of his teachers and adult influences at Operation Shanti who have helped him over the years. @operationshanti #charity #education #love #india #mysore #ngo #smartkid #science #hopewins #hope #pets #kidsandpets #giveitachance https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqourYDvu8/?igshid=oo4mpu2tn88q

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Chota Bheem is a famous cartoon character in India, and all kids love him! Chota Bheem, nine years old, has a special powers and a big heart. He uses his strength to help the poor and needy and to catch bad people like robbers and criminals. Chota Bheem guards the innocent and animals, and wants to protect the world. Here is Bheem, talking to kids about the precautions that they should take to stay safe against the coronavirus. Kids everywhere can learn from Chota Bheem! Stay safe. @operationshanti #chotabheem #coronavirus #charity #hope #staysafe https://www.instagram.com/p/CBa3PhJDE9Y/?igshid=hdye9bh12lw2