Festive greetings to all our wonderful supporters. Picture thirty little boys and girls aged between 21⁄2 to 5 yrs, each clutching a large bag, half their size, toddling home, their tummy's full of chocolate cake and moo-moos. In their bag, they have a cuddly toy, a colouring book, a woollen jumper, hat, gloves, small toy and sweets. [...]

On August 3rd Ann and Brian opened their home and garden for Room to Learn UK’s main fund-raising event. It ensures that Happy Days nursery remains open. We recruit boys and girls from poverty-stricken families and our charity provides a free pre-school learning environment for these little ones. Over eighty people - families, couples, young and old walked down the leafy Cotswold village lane. The [...]

The Empowerment of Women project begun by Sabrata Manna had lapsed, so Jenny and Corinna put forward a project for the mums to embroider linen bags, to be sold in England. Some of the mothers sit in the school grounds and embroider the linen bags. They chat and get to know each other, enjoying the sunshine, and happy and proud that their little ones [...]

July 2019 NEWSLETTER: Greetings to all our wonderful supporters. In the far Northeast corner of India, ‘Happy Days' nursery nestles in the foothills of Kalimpong. Here thirty-one girls and boys aged 2 ½ to 4 ½, all from families below the poverty line, living on less than £1.20 per day, are SUPPORTED TOTALLY THROUGH YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS. Indeed, it is [...]

Jenny and Corinna arrived at the end of February and decorated class 3. We did not know at that stage how many children from the 2018 class 2, would return. Ann and Brian arrived in time for the new intake of children, which starts annually on the first Monday in March. Jenny dealt with the [...]

Dikshar cried and cried when she enrolled in school a year ago. She has turned into a confident, kind and happy child who looks after all the youngest children.

ROOM TO LEARN 2018 FUNDRAISING GARDEN PARTY What are the signs of a good party? Lots of empty wine bottles, good food and clean plates and lots of socialising. A great meeting of warm, generous-hearted folk. They and all our amazing friends who live too far away to attend, ensured by their overwhelming generosity that Room to Learn has the finances to continue its work. [...]

Greetings to all our wonderful supporters. It was good to be back with the children this spring. The three-month political siege (which closed our nursery) was by now a forgotten problem and the winter’s bitterly cold weather had ended. I ask myself how the families keep warm with no heating in their homes? The answer is many layered garments, beds stacked high with [...]

The story is that the Mum was told of the nursery. Their Father had been suffering from bad depression and one day was no longer there. Nobody has seen him, and they do not know anything, so he is missing. They do not know if he is alive even. Coming to our school, at least the little girls would have 2 small meals a day. I [...]