Hi!

That was indeed our plan. We will probably first specify what activities will be most suitable and then make a selection (or include them all if that works out). After that, we'll make an overview of what could be done. We've currently established a good contact with a child daycare centre here in the Netherlands, who could help us a lot.

Talk to you soon!

Dear all,
That's great! If Sabina is interested maybe you could provide her with the contacts of the child care center - I think something like an international partnership between the two would be really great, no?

Maybe there could be then later also some fundraising activities in that center in order to support the construction of a proper building for the Yoshinkhel child care center - if there is a strong connection people like more to give, or also to buy the products of the women of Yoshinkhel...

There could be an exhibition of photos and information on Yoshinkhel in the center to increase the interest, etc. Tell me what you think!
Best, Angelika

Dear Angelika,

I will contact the child daycare centre and see if they are interested. Thanks for your ideas!

Regards,
Rengin

Hello,

As you know, our group is busy with coming up with a plan to set up a child day-care in Yoshinkhel. To accomplish this, we have got some questions we would like you to answer. Firstly we would like to know if there are any customs in Yoshinkhel, that differ from the general/national customs in Nepal? If we know these customs we can apply this in the day-care. Secondly, we have read that the two main religions in Yoshinkhel are Hinduism and Chirstianity. Do the people of Yoshinkhel celebrate any of the festivals of their religion? And which ones? Lastly, we would like to know if the people of Yoshinkhel celebrate any other festivals and which ones? These festivals could be celebrated at the day-care centre too, to make the children more aware of their culture.

Yours sincerely,
Rengin, Fieke and Eveline

Oh, one more thing (or more, actually):

I have contacted the day-care centre in the Netherlands, and they have agreed to stay in touch with you. If you have any questions, you can direct them to deblauwekikker@skon.nl (de blauwe kikker means "the blue frog", which is the name of the day-care centre). You might want to adress your e-mails to a woman named Danielle, who I have been in touch with.

Secondly, I have some great news. I spoke with Danielle on the phone yesterday, and she came up with the idea to collect some toys and other things that could be useful for the centre from the parents, to ship it to you afterwards! This could give you some more to work with. As Danielle said herself, in the day-care centre in the Netherlands they do a lot with recources themselves.

Lastly I have some questions as a result of the conversation with Danielle: she said that at their day-care, babies starting from the age of 3 months come to their centre. Will this happen in Yoshinkhel too, or will the parents not have time to take care of a baby themselves for three months first? (Though I believe a baby cannot do without it's mother in the first three months)

My next questions regards the number of children and the number of people taking care of them at the centre. How many children and how many caretakers will there be? You see, here in the Netherlands, we have multiple ways of forming groups of children: so-called "horizontal" and "vertical" groups. There are pros and cons to each way of forming a group, and also rely on the skill of the caretakers and amount of them. So in conclusion, my last question (for now) is: how many children will there be, how many caretakers will there be, and how skilled will the caretakers be?

I realise this is a long post. Please tell me if anything I explained is unclear, and I'll explain some more. Could you please reply as soon as possible? As with the other group, we have a deadline for our final paper that is drawing nearer fast (it is on Tuesday, namely).

Thanks very much in advance,
Rengin

Err sorry, one more question :p

What resources do you have regarding food and drinks? Do you have fruitjuice, milk and/or water at your disposal? And what about fruit and salty snacks? It doesn't really affect the daily planning, but it never hurts to know.

Just checking...

Rengin

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Hey,

I get an interesting newsletter emailed to me regularily, thought the team may be interested....

http://www.developyourchild.co.uk/free-resources.php

They have a few free resources for teaching/coaching tips for parents and carers.

Cheers,

Simone

I tried to post these either in the wiki or the resources but couldnt get it to work so here are some ideas i found

parbully.pdf

1 more

parchall.pdf

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parcope.pdf

another one

starting_school.pdf

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tv_computers.pdf

last ones for now

sun_safety.pdf

Thanks for sharing all those great ideas, Simone! I'll be looking forward to trying them with our own child too soon enough :)))
Best, Angelika