Category: Our Projects

  • We’re in the news! #press

    We’re in the news! #press

    Over the years, Child’s Play India has been featured in many national and international publications. In the past few months, we have been written about in The Hindu newspaper, which is a national newspaper widely read across the country. This brought us a fair bit of attention in South India, which was quite exciting!

    We were also featured in the August 2019 edition of Reader’s Digest! Read the story here.

    We were also surprised to learn that an article about us was in the Gujarati Samachar in July 2019!

    In the run-up to our 10th anniversary monsoon concert, Prutha Goa interviewed our founder Dr. Luis Dias about our work and the concert itself. You can read the interview here.

    We were also featured in the Navhind Times and the Herald on the eve of our concert.

         

    Serenade, India’s only portal for western classical music, carried a report on our 10th anniversary monsoon concert. Read it here.

  • The Hamara School Project

    We are delighted that our first project was a partnership with ‘Hamara School’, an educational institution for underprivileged children in Goa.

    The school is an informal teaching institution and takes care of 80+ children of construction workers, migrants and other low-income families by overseeing their educational and other needs. Most children live in nearby shanties but come to the ‘school’ before their own formal school begins for the day. There are also about 40 children who live in a hostel in the premises. At Hamara school (meaning “Our School” in Hindi) lessons are revised, homework is looked at, problems are sorted. The children are also given meals and help with hygiene. Violin classes began in January 2010.

    We were delighted to introduce flute/recorder lessons in 2011 as well. Some of the recorder girls have now moved on to transverse flute. A Cello project with 9 children began in September 2014 at Hamara School. Two children are now learning clarinet (September 2015)

  • Junior Camerata Child’s Play India – Orchestra

    In 2015, our children’s orchestra made its debut. With over 60 children playing violin, viola, cello and flute, the orchestra is a wonderful (and rare) opportunity for children to experience the joy of making music together.

  • Camerata Child’s Play India – Orchestra

    Camerata Child’s Play India – Orchestra

    In 2013, we launched Camerata Child’s Play, our chamber ensemble made up of young local musicians and advanced children of Child’s Play. Since April 2013, Camerata has performed over 16 concerts including at the prestigious Monte Music Festival in Goa.

  • Mitsuko Trust

    Mitsuko Trust

    * Recorder/Flute lessons with Mitsuko Trust, a charity that educates children about their rights (since June 2012). This project has currently concluded.

  • Auxilium School Project, Caranzalem

    Auxilium School Project, Caranzalem

    * Our recorder project for over 80 children at Auxilium school, Caranzalem has now concluded.

    * Violin and Viola lessons at Auxilium school, Caranzalem (June 2014)

  • Auxilium School Project, Aldona

    Auxilium School Project, Aldona

    * Violin lessons at Auxilium school, Aldona for around 45 children began in January 2013. It is temporarily on hold since April 2015 as we don’t have a teacher at the moment for that location.

  • Santa Cruz Village Project

    * A new village project has been launched in Santa Cruz village, near Panjim in August 2015. We are currently offering violin, recorder/flute, piano and choir.