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Success in Sydney Thank you to all the people who supported Yatra Foundation at the Sydney event on Friday 13 November. The event was a great success. More details on the evening will follow soon. If you missed out, it's not too late to donate to Yatra Foundation. Please use our direct bank facility or visit our donation page to make credit card payments through PayPal. If you would like to attend another Yatra event, visit our events page for details on 2010's Melbourne and Adelaide events. update: September 2009 visit to India Parents show their support at school meeting In an significant show of support for Yatra's Hanuman Basti School, more than 25 parents attended the school's parent-teacher meeting. Held on a scoarching 38 degree day, the Sunday 6 September meeting also highlighted the potential for higher attendances with many children still not attending any school. Two representives from the basti were elected by the parents to represent the community and also help manage the strategic planning of the project.
Under the guidance of one of the parents, a vegetable and herb garden will also be planted at the school. Awards for cleanliness and attendance were also given to the children. There are about 40 children coming regularly to the school, however with the additional room at the back the school can now handle up to 60 children. Read more about Yatra's Hanuman Basti School. Visit the school page for an update on the Yatra School, Faria. Mandana Computer centre Location: Mandana Village, near Kota, Rajasthan, India The mandana community has historically earnt its income through self-sufficient farms. The village is the birthplace of the father of Sanjay Jain. Sanjay is one of Yatra Foundation's co-founders. As such, the Jain family still has three houses in the area that have slowly deteriorate over time. These houses are now being repaired so that they can be used for community based activities. One such activity is the need for a computer centre, particularly given that computer studies is now part of the government curriculum from Grade 9 onwards. In the mandana area, however, there are only five computers for more than 1000 students. A room in one of the houses in a central part of the village has now been repaired and will house up to six computers. With a teacher already hired, and two computers already donated by the Ranka family, it is expected that when fully operational the training school will provide basic skills education to more than 100 children who would otherwise not have access to any computers and hence possibly fail their exams.
A further discussion with the head representive of the village could lead to the centre being used also by the general farming community for accessing pricing and weather information in addition to sharing new farming methods. At present the priority is to get the centre functioning for the benefit of the children. [updated 7 November 2009]
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An additional teacher is also required and Meena will hire after Diwali. 
