Wednesday 28 March 2012

End of Season

It's been a month since I found time to write a post and here are some of the reasons why...

During the March Essence of India event we played Holi (the Indian festival of colours) with all our event participants, staff and some of our local friends.  The party was at Sangam and organised with our friends from eCoexist.  Manisha is the founder of this social enterprise that sells environmentally friendly products and festival 'stuff' including this awesome Holi colour.  No words can explain the craziness of this festival - come and experience it for yourself next year I say!!!  





During the last event of the season - Young Women Leading for a Greener Future - we had a full house - 70 + people from 39 countries.  The focus of the event was leadership and environmental sustainability.  The event was run by a planning team from across the globe and as the Sangam team we supported their work logistically and in whatever way we could!  Not much sleep was had by all.  

It was the last welcome ceremony of the season so we went a bit crazy in our welcome ceremony sari pic's...





On the last day of the event we did a uniform pool jump just for good measure...



The season officially finished on the 23rd of March and all the volunteers and Tare (community programme participants) started heading home/traveling.  I was feeling like a break so I took myself off to this yoga and massage place at Mulshi.  It was quiet and the change of pace that I needed.  Here's how the days went...

Wake Up - Yoga - Breakfast - Massage - Lunch - Yoga - Massage - Walk to the Lake - Dinner - Bed




...came back physically wiped out but mentally ready for the summer and planning days at Sangam.  Budget for the next three years to write, standard operation procedures to update, office redesign plans to confirm and put into motion - all that fun stuff and of course mangoes! :)


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