Cyclone Thane – 29th & 30th December
Thursday 5 January 2012.
Packing winds of up to 140 k/m per hour, the cyclone “THANE” struck the east coast on Friday between Cuddalore in Tamilnadu and the Union Territory of Pondicherry, before tearing inland, leaving a (...)
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Academic year 2011-2: problem for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry students
Friday 9 September 2011.
Since June, all the children of the primary and secondary classes have returned to their respective schools and they are now completing the first trimester.
But their studies are disturbed by a (...)
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Academic results 2010-11
Friday 12 August 2011.
Résults of 10th Std or S.S.L.C. (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) examination.
Among the 78 boys and girls, sponsored by the Volontariat, who tried to cross the barrier of SSLC, 69 succeeded, (...)
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REPORT Fraternity Cup 2
Thursday 4 August 2011.
Our team from Volontariat – Pondicherry, India consisted of 9 members, 7 children and 2 adults. We were invited by La Voix de l’Enfant to participate in the Fraternity Cup 2011 for support its (...)
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1 day relax for Atelier Shanti
Monday 21 February 2011.
On this February 17, 2011, all the workers of Atelier Shanti and persons accompaning them took the bus for 1 day relax trip to the new Golden Temple at Vellore (T.N.) and its gardens. The (...)
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Nila Illam children won prizes in Yoga competition
Monday 31 January 2011.
Five children of Nila Illam, from 6 to 13 years, went to Chennai to participate in the Tamil Nadu & Puducherry States Inter schools Yoga sports Championship 2011 on 26.01.2011, the day of (...)
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Pongal Festival at Touttipakkam
Monday 31 January 2011.
Pongal is perhaps the most important festival in South India, we celebrate the new season starting after months of monsoon when the days are often cloudy and dark. But the rains benefit to the (...)
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March against Child Labour
Friday 18 June 2010.
Volontariat organized a children rally on 18.06.2010 in co-ordination with the Department of Labour, Government of Puducherry. The march was made to mark the International Day against the CHILD (...)
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A sponsor girl of Volontariat at Kalakshetra
Tuesday 4 May 2010.
Selvi *, an 18 year old Indian girl, born in Ouppalam to a very humble family, has been sponsored by the Volontariat since her childhood.
Besides her school activities, Selvi took lessons in (...)
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Roger McGowen: good news
Thursday 1 April 2010.
Those who read our quaterly Journal know that, through a lady sponsor of Volontariat Marseille committee, Roger McGowen, a black American sentenced to death for a crime he certainly did not (...)
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Success in Yoga
Monday 15 March 2010.
In the first week of January 2010, several sponsored children of Volontariat participated in the 16th World Festival of Yoga, supported by the Ministry of Tourism and held in Pondicherry. Many of (...)
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Arrangement of the Children’s Library at Shakti Vihar
Monday 15 March 2010.
Volontariat had a library for children, but the large room of more than 50 square metres was mostly used for typewriting courses. The dozen machines occupied all the space and did not allow any (...)
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Vegetable Gardening with the children of Nila Illam
Friday 12 March 2010.
Volontariat has long been concerned to make sense of the nature of the children of the Nila Illam programme, children from the streets of Pondicherry and children of the community of gypsies, who (...)
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