Dear friends,

in the last few months many things have happened. We have decided to write a regular monthly News letter to keep all of you informed of the many 'fantastic' things happening in our home/school in Bhola. I, Bruna, speak regularly on the telephone with Ali (and some of the children even if their English is still very limited) and obviously via the numerous emails that we send each other.

There is so much news to tell you, but let's start with the most FANTASTIC! GREAT! WONDERFUL NEWS!  Our special boy Ismail (12yrs) that when he came to us three years ago could hardly talk, walk, eat properly and above all interact with others, now is integrated in the local school, behaving like a young man, talking a lot! He's gone back to live with his family and come to us only on Fridays to share with us his experiences and feelings with his 'new world'. Ali was nearly crying when he told me the news on the phone and kept saying: "....  who would have thought that this could happen and so fast!!....".

Rozina, blind from birth, is showing incredible talent at the keyboard. She loves practicing and is preparing special songs to welcome us when Holger, Jelena and I will go next November to visit Bhola and the children.

Most of you probably know that the building of the new hostel is finished (it looks really impressive and beautiful). Now we only need to finish all the indoor touches to make it comfortable and ready to host in the future fifty children. Actually some of our children already use the first floor; soon the visitors rooms (two) on the top floor will be ready and Holger, Jelena and I when we go in November will enjoy the beautiful view over Bhola from the terrace.

Faruk (25yrs) is becoming more independent. He enjoys his role as 'dadu' of Shipu the dog, he loves to go to the new land to grow vegetables and likes to sleep there three nights a week in the little hut we built. 

The new kitchen has been started to be built; the roof is already in place, but we still have to do all the inside plastering. In November when we go we will buy all the equipment in Dhaka and we hope to give also some cooking lessons to teach Laily and Fatima to make 'spätzli' !

Fatima (23yrs) one of our cooks, has had the first operation of skin grafting for her terrible burns, thanks to donations from Spain.

The children are making Christmas decorations in woods, cloth and crochet for us to collect in November and show them at a special fair in Liechtenstein in December. 

There is so much news to tell you, but let's start with the most FANTASTIC! GREAT! WONDERFUL NEWS!  Our special boy Ismail (12yrs) that when he came to us three years ago could hardly talk, walk, eat properly and above all interact with others, now is integrated in the local school, behaving like a young man, talking a lot! He's gone back to live with his family and come to us only on Fridays to share with us his experiences and feelings with his 'new world'. Ali was nearly crying when he told me the news on the phone and kept saying: "....  who would have thought that this could happen and so fast!!....".

Rozina, blind from birth, is showing incredible talent at the keyboard. She loves practicing and is preparing special songs to welcome us when Holger, Jelena and I will go next November to visit Bhola and the children.

Most of you probably know that the building of the new hostel is finished (it looks really impressive and beautiful). Now we only need to finish all the indoor touches to make it comfortable and ready to host in the future fifty children. Actually some of our children already use the first floor; soon the visitors rooms (two) on the top floor will be ready and Holger, Jelena and I when we go in November will enjoy the beautiful view over Bhola from the terrace.

Faruk (25yrs) is becoming more independent. He enjoys his role as 'dadu' of Shipu the dog, he loves to go to the new land to grow vegetables and likes to sleep there three nights a week in the little hut we built. 

The new kitchen has been started to be built; the roof is already in place, but we still have to do all the inside plastering. In November when we go we will buy all the equipment in Dhaka and we hope to give also some cooking lessons to teach Laily and Fatima to make 'spätzli' !

Fatima (23yrs) one of our cooks, has had the first operation of skin grafting for her terrible burns, thanks to donations from Spain.

The children are making Christmas decorations in woods, cloth and crochet for us to collect in November and show them at a special fair in Liechtenstein in December.