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Cupcake Tees and Totes at Shanti Bhavan

Hello World!

My name is Aishwarya and I’ll be the new Shanti Bhavan researcher, reporting on all the great things happening at our partner school in India. I was born in India but raised in the U.S., making me a first generation Indian American. I graduated from the Huntsman Program for International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania and I currently live and work in New York City. Ensuring that females in the developing world have access to education is a cause that is very important to me and I am extremely excited to be joining the She’s the First team!

The proud judge with volunteers Ashley Monroe and Isabel Rutherfurd

Today I bring back an old friend of ours: Remember Jancy? Jancy is a senior at Shanti Bhavan and was chosen to judge the Cupcake T-Shirt Design contest this past Fall. Being the top art student at Shanti Bhavan made her well qualified for the task. Someday, she hopes to be a fashion designer and wants to take business courses in college so she can start her own fashion company. Given how savvy she already is, I wouldn’t be surprised if she were one day running her own fashion empire!

Well it took a while, but here Jancy is receiving her favorite t-shirt pick (designed by Kelsey Thorn, Skidmore College Senior) and tote bag (designed by Krista Firkins, Emerson College Senior).

Jancy receives her "Make a Change Bake a Cupcake" t-shirt designed by Kelsey Thorn of Skidmore College

Jancy's "I'm a Baker, Not a Fighter" Tote by Krista Firkins, an Emerson College Senior

Did any of you pick the same tee? Isn’t it cool to know that all the way in India, Jancy is wearing the same thing?

I look forward to becoming a regular on the She’s the First blog and getting to know you all!

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Mina Giri

Mina is in the first grade at Kopila Valley. She is 7 years old and lives with her mom and brother. Her favorite color is pink, she loves mangos, and she wants to be a teacher when she grows up. Mina also plays on the football (US soccer) team at Kopila!

Mina was sponsored in 2011 by the Tie-dye Cupcake Bake-off and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by the STF*{Hofstra} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Mina a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Susila Sunar

Susila Sunar is in the fourth grade at Kopila Valley. She’s also one of the three girls sponsored by the original tie-dye cupcake sale at Notre Dame!

Susila is 13 years old and lives with her aunt, uncle, and grandmother. Her favorite colors are green and blue, and she wants to learn English and become a teacher when she grows up. Susila is also the goal keeper on the Kopila Valley Girls Soccer Team!

 

If you want to leave Susila a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Hima Tamata

Hima is in the second grade at Kopila Valley. She’s one of the three girls sponsored by the original tie-dye cupcake sale at Notre Dame!

Hima is 12 years old and lives with her mom and brothers. Her favorite subject is English and she plays on the soccer team at Kopila. Hima dreams of one day running a school like Kopila Valley, just like Maggie. She sends hello’s to Lindsey and the girls from Notre Dame!

If you want to leave Hima a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

Hima in 2011

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Alisma Vista

Alisma is in the second grade at Kopila Valley. She’s one of the three girls sponsored by the original tie-dye cupcake sale at Notre Dame!

Alisma is 10 years old and lives with her grandmother. Her favorite subject is Social Studies. She loves swimming and mangos, and hopes to be a teacher when she grows up!

If you want to leave Alisma a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Sapana Thapa

Sapana is eight years old and in the first grade. Sapana’s favorite color is red, and her favorite subject is math. She has 4 sisters and lives with her uncle. When she grows up she wants to be a teacher. And she has a special message for you: She says, “Thank you for being my friend.” Isn’t that cute?

If you want to leave Spana a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Swastika Sunar

Swastika Sunar

Swastika Sunar is seven and in kindergarten at Kopila Valley. (There are two girls with the same name at Kopila — this is the older one!) Her favorite school subject is English, and her favorite color is yellow. In school she likes to jump rope on the playground, and she loves eating oranges!

Swastika was sponsored in 2011 by the Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-off and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by the STF*{Hofstra} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Swastika a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Parbati Singh

Parbati Singh

Parbati Singh is six years old and in the nursery class at Kopila Valley. She lives with her sister-in-law and has four brothers and sisters.
She likes the Nepali song Simple Simple, and her favorite subject is math. When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher.

If you want to leave Parbati a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

 

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Saraswati Singh

Saraswati Singh is four years old and in the nursery class at Kopila Valley. She has 5 sisters in her family. Saraswati likes drawing and playing football (American soccer), and her favorite food is grapes!

If you want to leave Saraswati a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Jayanti Shahi

Jayanti ShahiJayanti Shahi is six years old and in kindergarten at Kopila Valley. She has 7 sisters! Her favorite color is blue, and she loves to sing and dance.
Her favorite subject in school is Math.

If you want to leave Jayanti a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Sita Shahi

Sita ShahiSita Shahi is 9 years old and in the first grade at Kopila Valley.  She lives with her Auntie and loves to sing. Her favorite food is apples, and her favorite subject is social studies. When she grows up, she wants to be a scientist. Doesn’t she look spunky?

Sita was sponsored in 2011 by the Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-off and is currently being sponsored in 2012 by the STF*{Hofstra} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Sita a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Swastika Sunar

Swastika Sunar

Swastika Sunar is five-years-old and in the nursery class at Kopila Valley (not to be confused with the Swastika Sunar in kindergarten, who you also sponsored through the cupcake campaign!)

She is one of only a handful of students at Kopila who knows her birthday — It’s April 25th! She likes the color red and lives with her mom. When she grows up she wants to be a teacher.

If you want to leave Swastika a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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Anusa Thapa

Anusa ThapaAnusa Thapa is eight years old and in the first grade at Kopila Valley Children’s Home and School. She lives with her grandmother and her favorite color is sky blue. Her favorite activity is reading stories, and she loves eating school lunch at Kopila Valley!

Anusa was sponsored in 2011 by the Tie-dye Cupcake Bake-off and in 2012 by the STF*{Hofsta} Dance-A-Thon.

If you want to leave Anusa a message, you can comment below. We’ll collect them and send them to her, and update here when she writes back.

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