Difficult Times During Covid Crisis

During the pandemic in Sikkim, the school faced many difficulties. Food items at the shops were scarce and everything was more expensive. Most shops, offices and schools were closed during the lockdown. During the summer rainy season and mid-summer, the roads were blocked. Students stayed inside their rooms. Again, the Rotary Club of New Orleans sent a donation to ease the crisis.

In September, due to heavy rainfall, some parts of the school wall broke and started to crack some classroom walls. Miss Chandra reported, “We didn’t sleep the whole night for more than 15 days. I was worrying about to protect the wall and save the children’s lives. Finally God listened to my prayers and I got emergency help to protect the walls.”

Also they faced the problem of cooking fuel and did not have enough money to pay refill the cylinders. They had to use firewood in the kitchen, but then finally all the cooking wood also finished. “We cooked a single vegetable soup to save firewood, and sometime we cooked just porridge.” Again, a transfer of money helped pay the outstanding bills.

The positive aspect of the pandemic is that the children spent time improving their handwriting, painting, storytelling and meditation. They spend 90 minutes in the morning and evening praying for the peace of world and to remove all bad obstacles.