I seem to be spending much of my mornings at present arranging music. The older group are playing well and moving on and now playing the melody to Kum ba Yah and Ode to joy that I played only 3 weeks ago. I am arranging many of the tunes for two or three parts and occasionally four parts which they are managing well, but also allows for a range of abilities. I teach all parts to all of them, but some are more comfortable playing the lower parts using fewer notes that they are confident playing. They will be playing at Good Friday service and Easter services - so lots of music to arrange - making sure in keys that they can play.
This is a video of them playing 'Boil 'em cabbage down' in three parts.
I have visited the slum community along the road, another couple of times where some of the childrens' families live. If they manage to find a days work they may earn 100-150 rupees. There are 80 rupees to the pound. That is not very much to feed a family on. A skilled labourer may earn 250 - 500 rupees a day. Westerners may think that things are much cheaper here, but it is all relative. Wages here a much lower therefore the basic goods are lower or no one would be able to afford them.
Even within the community there, and there are many such communities spread out around here on the side of the road, owned by the government, there are differences on how they look after their property.
This house with very little care and tiny, barely 8ft x8ft and the one below which has been decorated with loving care
The interiors the same - varying - pictures below two different ones
Some of them take in washing to earn a few more rupees, or do a neighbours in exchange for another service for them. Some also are growing a few crops to help sustain their families and they have goats and chickens.
One definitely needs some space for drying when you have saris to dry as they average 6 metres each in length. But the weather here one can guarantee that it will be dry the same day - apart from the two days of rain we have had.
I have visited the slum community along the road, another couple of times where some of the childrens' families live. If they manage to find a days work they may earn 100-150 rupees. There are 80 rupees to the pound. That is not very much to feed a family on. A skilled labourer may earn 250 - 500 rupees a day. Westerners may think that things are much cheaper here, but it is all relative. Wages here a much lower therefore the basic goods are lower or no one would be able to afford them.
Even within the community there, and there are many such communities spread out around here on the side of the road, owned by the government, there are differences on how they look after their property.
This house with very little care and tiny, barely 8ft x8ft and the one below which has been decorated with loving care
The interiors the same - varying - pictures below two different ones
Some of them take in washing to earn a few more rupees, or do a neighbours in exchange for another service for them. Some also are growing a few crops to help sustain their families and they have goats and chickens.
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