Category: Asha

#raineyasha blog – day 12 – Saturday 5 November 2016

  After our final night celebrations in India, we awoke sleepy and set off for an action packed day. First stop was Cottage Emporium, where we attempted to spend the…
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#raineyasha blog – day 10 – Thursday 3 November 2016

Today was our last day working in the resource centre to complete our final paintings and lessons. On our way to the resource centre we encountered a vast amount of…
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#raineyasha blog – day 9 – Wednesday 2 November 2016

Today we got to spend another exciting day in the slums. We continued with our usual morning of painting and decorating the resource centre. The men tackled the outside, giving…
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#raineyasha blog – day 8 – Tuesday 1 November 2016

Today started with the usual early breakfast and once again with anticipation we headed off to the slums. With the fantastic reception we had received the past couple of days…
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#raineyasha blog – day 7 – Monday 31 October 2016

  After a night of Diwali celebrations, we woke bleary eyed for an early breakfast buffet at 8am. Despite it being so early in the morning, the sound of fireworks…
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#raineyasha blog – day 6 – Sunday 30 October 2016

Happy Diwali! This morning there was a lot of excitement in New Delhi as today is the day of India’s renowned celebration of “The Festival of Lights”. The streets were…
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#raineyasha blog – day 5 – Saturday 29 October 2016

This morning we had a VERY early start with breakfast at 5.30am. This is because we were leaving at 6am to travel to Agra situated south of Delhi. We were…
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#raineyasha blog – day 4

Today was our first day working in the Kusumpur slum which we were highly anticipating. As we made our way to the slum, we were delayed by the water trucks…
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#raineyasha blog – day 3

We started off today with a scrumptious breakfast of crepes and cereal. This was just what we needed as we were going to have a busy day ahead of us!…
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#raineyasha blog – day 2

After a long day of travelling we finally arrived in our destination – Delhi. With great excitement and anticipation, we began our journey towards our home for the next two…
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#raineyasha blog – day 1

After weeks and months of preparation and anticipation, the day had finally arrived. A few anxious goodbyes were exchanged at the school gates before the journey to India commenced with…
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Rainey Asha Team 2016 #raineyasha

  A team of twelve students and three members of staff from Rainey Endowed School will travel to India on Tuesday 25 October to visit New Delhi. While there, the…
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Asha art competition

  We are looking for a creative design that incorporates the Asha logo for the members of the 2016 team to paint in large scale at the Rainey Endowed Resource…
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