After setting up a good preschool program in the Mercy Home, we decided to see how the local village nursery schools (angnwadis) were doing. We discovered that they had little or no supplies, and the children mostly just lay around listlessly on the floor waiting for the midday meal supplied by the government. The situation demanded action. We obtained permission from relevant government authorities to start helping the anganwadis with educational materials and to send in a volunteer once of twice a week to do fun educational activities with the children, and to train the regular carers.
