Last sunday the kids at KM played on their new playgrounds for the first time. The boys played in the pouring rain, which had absolutely zero effect on their fun! We had a surreal moment watching the children playing, realizing the project had finally come to fruition. Our playground opening party was complete with yoga, photography, samosas, and of course playing on the new playground! Before going on the playground each child received their own StarSeeds Shanti orange bracelet, they have been a real hit!

Since this project started nine months ago, there have been so many wonderful people that have helped along the way, it never would have happened without them. We would like to thank:

Starseeds Families for all their donations and support

Family & Friends of Trish, Kristin, Kendra, and Bax for all their contributions and moral support

To all those in India who helped:

Bhuvana and Shridhar at Vinyaas Playsystems

Anu and  Ganesh

Our contractor Pervez

Vinod and Bhavya for their translation help

Mahadev our landscape gardner

and last but not least Tracy Kunichika, founder of Operation Shanti. Her inspiring work in India has helped the special children at Operation Shanti and made this project possible.

We are also thrilled to announce the photo program will go on after we leave. The kids will be doing monthly photo classes and we will be working with them via skype. Their pictures will posted after each class on a blog for all to see!