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16th May 2017
Dear supporters,

Thank you for the tremendous support.
These funds are being withdrawn to supplement the income of Meenakshi, the caretaker of a deaf child named Neha Maya Bhatt. This it
buy food and pay rent for a month.

Thank you
Dear supporters,

Thank you for the tremendous support.
These funds are being withdrawn to supplement the income of Meenakshi, the caretaker of a deaf child named Neha Maya Bhatt. This it
buy food and pay rent for a month.

Thank you
8th March 2017
Maya came home to Kainchi Dham for her winter vacation in early January 2017. She came with her cousin/caretaker, Meenakshi. Everyone in the village was astounded at the change in this child who has learned social manners that she quite honestly lacked before, because of the undisciplined manner in which the poor neglected child was raised. But now she is polite and patient and the difference is remarkable. Mostly thanks to the diligence of her cousin/caretaker Meenakshi.... and besides that... she has learned so very much. She won the silver certificate last testing period at Divali and she striving to study to win the gold one during the testing in March. Please see this video taken just one year after she began school, please watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWLr42Pq2u
Remember in June 2015 she started school and was totally illiterate and then just one year later this video was filmed and see the progress she had made, by June 2016. Now it is March 2017 and she has won the bronze and the siliver certificates. Her teacher thinks that "Maya might be a genius"... learning so much so quickly. Please help us keep her in school. Thanks!
Maya came home to Kainchi Dham for her winter vacation in early January 2017. She came with her cousin/caretaker, Meenakshi. Everyone in the village was astounded at the change in this child who has learned social manners that she quite honestly lacked before, because of the undisciplined manner in which the poor neglected child was raised. But now she is polite and patient and the difference is remarkable. Mostly thanks to the diligence of her cousin/caretaker Meenakshi.... and besides that... she has learned so very much. She won the silver certificate last testing period at Divali and she striving to study to win the gold one during the testing in March. Please see this video taken just one year after she began school, please watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWLr42Pq2u
Remember in June 2015 she started school and was totally illiterate and then just one year later this video was filmed and see the progress she had made, by June 2016. Now it is March 2017 and she has won the bronze and the siliver certificates. Her teacher thinks that "Maya might be a genius"... learning so much so quickly. Please help us keep her in school. Thanks!
16th November 2016
Greetings and Namaste,
Just before Diwali, Maya took her tests. Since in the results of the tests last summer, she had won the bronze certificate, the third highest grade in the class, this time around she told her caretaker Meenakshi that she wanted to study even harder to prepare herself for the tests, so she should win the sliver certificate.  And she did study more and remarkably she won the sliver certificate making the second highest score in the class on the tests she took before the Diwali holiday!!! She was quite proud of herself, and has become self-motivated. Her teacher said that she "might be a genius"!! Sadly, many children with who are deaf also have other learning disabilities, but Maya is brilliant and learns fast. She is remarkable, considering only 18 months ago she was illiterate and unable to read or write but one or two words. This auto she won the Silver Certificate!!

Maya is taking speech lessons and learning to make basic sounds. At this point she is just practicing making sounds repeatedly, like Boo Boo Boo or Baba Baba Baba or Mama Mama Mama, or Lala Lala Lala. But she is beginning to figure out how to make the sounds consistently. This is quite challenging but she is improving. She knows what the words mean, too, like Bye Bye - waving goodbye, and pointing to a photo of Neem Karoli Baba on the wall and saying Baba!

This is a special request for additional donations, because we very much need braces for Maya's teeth. They are so crocked that they could interfere with her speech and articulation. There is nowhere for her molars to come in and her front teeth on the bottom are starting to twist with the pressure of her molars coming in. Meenakshi found an excellent dentist in Dehradune, who will completely straighten Maya's teeth which will take about 2 and a half years. He will also fill several cavities and other work. His charges for almost three years of service is Rs/27,000, which is about 1/10 what I paid for my sons' braces in the USA twenty years ago. The dentist comes highly recommended by people whom we trust. Meenakshi met with him and he was forthright and professional. Though it is a considerable amount of money, 27,000 rupees is a fair and competitive price to straighten Maya's teeth. As mentioned, the dental work will take over two years to straighten her teeth. This must be done now because it is more difficult when a person gets older to straighten their teeth. So I hope that my friends and colleagues, fellow travellers and Satsang will please reach into your demonetised purses and deposit some of those funds into this very worthy cause. Her appointment is coming up in about three weeks.

We explained it to her and she was eager to have straighter teeth since hers are so very crocked with gaps and turned around teeth. She is prepared for it to hurt a little bit! It will also allow her to enunciate sounds more exactly.
 
PLEASE HELP US PAY FOR THIS NEEDED MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
Thanks again,
RamRani and Meenakshi, too!! ;-)
Greetings and Namaste,
Just before Diwali, Maya took her tests. Since in the results of the tests last summer, she had won the bronze certificate, the third highest grade in the class, this time around she told her caretaker Meenakshi that she wanted to study even harder to prepare herself for the tests, so she should win the sliver certificate.  And she did study more and remarkably she won the sliver certificate making the second highest score in the class on the tests she took before the Diwali holiday!!! She was quite proud of herself, and has become self-motivated. Her teacher said that she "might be a genius"!! Sadly, many children with who are deaf also have other learning disabilities, but Maya is brilliant and learns fast. She is remarkable, considering only 18 months ago she was illiterate and unable to read or write but one or two words. This auto she won the Silver Certificate!!

Maya is taking speech lessons and learning to make basic sounds. At this point she is just practicing making sounds repeatedly, like Boo Boo Boo or Baba Baba Baba or Mama Mama Mama, or Lala Lala Lala. But she is beginning to figure out how to make the sounds consistently. This is quite challenging but she is improving. She knows what the words mean, too, like Bye Bye - waving goodbye, and pointing to a photo of Neem Karoli Baba on the wall and saying Baba!

This is a special request for additional donations, because we very much need braces for Maya's teeth. They are so crocked that they could interfere with her speech and articulation. There is nowhere for her molars to come in and her front teeth on the bottom are starting to twist with the pressure of her molars coming in. Meenakshi found an excellent dentist in Dehradune, who will completely straighten Maya's teeth which will take about 2 and a half years. He will also fill several cavities and other work. His charges for almost three years of service is Rs/27,000, which is about 1/10 what I paid for my sons' braces in the USA twenty years ago. The dentist comes highly recommended by people whom we trust. Meenakshi met with him and he was forthright and professional. Though it is a considerable amount of money, 27,000 rupees is a fair and competitive price to straighten Maya's teeth. As mentioned, the dental work will take over two years to straighten her teeth. This must be done now because it is more difficult when a person gets older to straighten their teeth. So I hope that my friends and colleagues, fellow travellers and Satsang will please reach into your demonetised purses and deposit some of those funds into this very worthy cause. Her appointment is coming up in about three weeks.

We explained it to her and she was eager to have straighter teeth since hers are so very crocked with gaps and turned around teeth. She is prepared for it to hurt a little bit! It will also allow her to enunciate sounds more exactly.
 
PLEASE HELP US PAY FOR THIS NEEDED MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
Thanks again,
RamRani and Meenakshi, too!! ;-)