Good Morning friends.

I was invited as a guest to attend India week celebrations held in Hamburg during second week of November 2021 with the help of some of my friends in Hamburg who know about my work in natural farming with Irula tribes in India. I received a travel grant to attend this event and to share my experiences in Natural Farming in a Forum organized at University of Hamburg on 9th November 2021. That gave me an opportunity to come to Frankfurt to meet all the Nandri members to share our work in India.

Since I have travelled to Germany in 2018 for an Internship with Diakonie in Hamburg and visited Frankfurt, there is no cultural shock to see this great European country that is very calm, clean and everything in perfect order in contrast to the sunny, loud, colourful yet not very clean India.

I was received by my friends with a very warm and heartful greetings. Before I come to Hamburg, I was very much anxious about the weather as I was asthmatic and intolerant to coldness. But to my surprise it was very comfortable, and my lungs were functioning perfectly, and I need not required inhaler to ease my breathing.

My meeting with sponsors of Nandri at Oberursel was a pleasurable experience as all of them were very excited to hear my experiences in working with women and children in India. Coolness of the surrounding, warmth of the members of Nandri, sharing of experiences not only the success stories but also the challenges in my work made the meeting more joyful and purposeful.

We also showed photos and videos with incidences associated with them. It was also an opportunity to extend our wholehearted thanks to all of them for their continuous support for the work we do in India.